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Bangkok Post
April 21, 2018
SHANGHAI: Chinese naval forces have passed through waters south of Taiwan and carried out military exercises in the western Pacific, the latest in a series of military drills that Taiwan has called "intimidation". J-15 fighters took off from China's sole operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, on Friday forÃâà...
NWAOnline
April 21, 2018
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's prime minister said his country has a "perfect right" to traverse the South China Sea after a media report Friday that the Chinese navy challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway. The Chinese "challenged" two Australian frigates and an oilÃâà...
The Japan Times
April 20, 2018
Chinese Navy has 'encounter' with Australian warships in South China Sea, says Aussie media report 'did not accord with the facts' ... “perfect right” to traverse the South China Sea after a media report Friday that the Chinese Navy had challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway.
Taiwan News
April 19, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Indian Navy's official twitter account sent a message to the Chinese Navy (PLAN) that appears to be half warning, and half social media trolling earlier this week. In two separate tweets, the Indian Navy first identified a Chinese naval contingent that had entered the Indian OceanÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 10, 2018
The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Monday that China has formally approached the government of Vanuatu about possibly establishing a permanent military base on its territory. So far, no one from either the Chinese or Vanuatu governments has gone on record as confirming that talks are underway.
The Nation.
April 9, 2018
To make full use of these installations, the Pentagon began planning to “forward base 60 percent of [its] naval assets in the Pacific by 2020” and launched its first regular “freedom of navigation” patrols in the South China Sea as a challenge to the Chinese navy, even sending in full carrier strike groups.
Xinhua
March 13, 2018
After coordination among all related parties and the approval of the head of the Socotra Governorate, a Chinese coast guard vessel evacuated the stranded people, including the Japanese. Within 12 days, the Chinese Navy helped evacuate more than 620 of its nationals and more than 270 foreign citizensÃâà...
GBTIMES
March 13, 2018
Movie blockbuster Operation Red Sea is set to overtake 2016's The Mermaid (US$536m) and become China's second highest-grossing film, reports Chinese newspaper Beijing Daily. Operation Red Sea is loosely based on the Chinese navy's real life evacuation of Yemen in March 2015, which was theÃâà...
ecns
March 13, 2018
Official media reports on two scientists during China's Two Sessions period have revealed that the Chinese navy is making notable achievements on advanced weapons, including sea tests of electromagnetic railguns, and noise-reduction of its nuclear submarines. [Special coverage]. The People'sÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
March 11, 2018
A Chinese Navy admiral displayed on television in 2017 what he claimed was a component of a new propulsion system that allows China's nuclear submarines to move silently, making them extremely hard to detect. There have been reports, but no verification, that the Chinese Navy has developed the firstÃâà...
THE WEEK
March 5, 2018
But the way, Chinese navy is setting up bases in and around the IOR, has serious implications for the security environment in the region. Indian Navy has total of eight warships on mission deployment in the IOR. Bhamre stated that the Indian government is also aware that under the 'Belt and Road Initiative'Ãâà...
Times of India
March 5, 2018
The Chinese Navy also expanded its global reach with flotilla ships sailing through the far-off oceans to expand China's influence. Recommended By Colombia. The official media justified the increase to $175 billion, saying although slightly higher than the previous two years, the growth rate is the third timeÃâà...
THE WEEK
March 5, 2018
But the way, Chinese navy is setting up bases in and around the IOR, has serious implications for the security environment in the region. Indian Navy has total of eight warships on mission deployment in the IOR. Bhamre stated that the Indian government is also aware that under the 'Belt and Road Initiative'Ãâà...
ecns
February 26, 2018
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's South China Sea Fleet on Sunday completed a 25-day training exercise in the open seas, which experts said shows the peaceful development path of the Chinese navy. The fleet arrived at a military harbor in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province afterÃâà...
Sunday Observer
February 24, 2018
While officially Delhi remained silent, Indian news media speculated whether the Chinese navy foray was a signal by Beijing of its 'protection' for the strongly pro-China government in The Maldives that is currently battling Opposition pressures. Not to be outdone, Indian Navy officials reassured the IndianÃâà...
ThePrint
February 21, 2018
Chinese portal claims ships sailed into the eastern Indian Ocean this month, India says nearest Chinese Navy force is on routine duty in the Gulf of Aden. New Delhi: There has been no deployment of Chinese warships near the island nation of the Maldives that is currently facing a constitutional crisis,Ãâà...
Asia Times
February 20, 2018
News Corp Australia Network is reporting that a small Chinese navy task force entered the Indian Ocean last week. China's CCTV7 has also broadcast images of the Chinese ships sailing in the eastern Indian Ocean. Though it's not the first time that the People's Liberation Army Navy has operated in theseÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 19, 2018
“Whereas before the South China Sea was dominated by the U.S. 7th Fleet, now the Chinese Navy is starting to challenge the dominance,” Sta. Romana told a news forum in Manila. “I think we will see a shift in the balance of power.” “It is not the case, that the South China Sea is now a Chinese lake, not atÃâà...
Kansas City Star
February 18, 2018
The risks of a "miscalculation" and armed conflict have risen in the disputed South China Sea with a militarily stronger China now able to challenge the United States, which used to be the dominant power in the strategic waterway, the Philippine envoy to Beijing said Monday. Ambassador Chito Sta.
The Diplomat
February 5, 2018
Leaked images show what appears to be a ship-mounted rail gun on a Chinese Navy vessel. By Ankit Panda for The Diplomat. February 04, 2018. Images circulated online last week show a Chinese People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) vessel equipped with what appears to be a prototype rail gun. The images fromÃâà...
The Diplomat
December 31, 1999
Last week, Chinese state media announced that the PLA Navy would be conducting live-fire drill in the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, April 18. Despite hype by Chinese media outlets and some threat-inflation by western reporting, the drills will take place in a geographically limited area within ChineseÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
December 31, 1999
Chinese leaders tout their trillion-dollar Belt and Road project, especially in the Indian Ocean, as a win-win commercial proposition meant to bring modern infrastructure and prosperity to an underdeveloped part of the world. In reality, Beijing's acquisition of more than a dozen ports across the Indian OceanÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
China and India are competing for regional supremacy in the Indian Ocean as they look establish a stronger military and economic presence in bordering countries. In response to Beijing's overseas military base in Djibouti, New Delhi has sought to access facilities in the Seychelles, Oman and Singapore.
ecns
December 31, 1999
Instead, they will be totally misjudging China's resolve if they think the Chinese navy shall forever be contained in its adjacent waters semi-enclosed by a series of island chains and archipelagic nations. Provocative steps such as those taken by Japan to counter China's move to embrace blue water will notÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
December 31, 1999
Joint U.S.-Chinese naval operations would put real pressure on Pyongyang — and are in China's interests, too. By Donald Rauch. | March 1, 2018, 2:43 PM. China's Peoples' Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) sailors march in Hong Kong on July 1, 2015. (Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images). On Feb. 8, the U.S. State DepartmentÃâà...
