Daily Archives: June 20, 2012
Will China’s “Great White Fleet” Outnumber US Navy?
2012-06-20 (forbes.com and by gCaptain) — It has been over three years since China made the drastic, but failed, attempt of ordering the U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship, USNS Impeccable, to leave the South China sea. The order ratcheted tensions … Continue reading
Netizens vow for Chinese space and sea explorers
2012-6-20 — Two groups of Chinese explorers have drawn a huge amount of public attention and unleashed national pride in the country’s online community with scientific feats stretching from the faraway heavens to the depths of the sea. One group … Continue reading
US’s role in the Iran nuclear ‘crisis’
2012-06-20 (China Daily and By Ma Xiaolin) — No wonder the new round of talks in Moscow on the Iranian nuclear issue didn’t achieve any concrete progress, frankly speaking, no one is confident of solving a matter concerning Iran’s … Continue reading
China holds live-fire drill in Tibet
2012-06-20 — The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) last week conducted a live-fire drill in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) for anti-tank units to “test their precision strike capability”. In drills that followed a major live-fire air attack drill conducted … Continue reading
Syria denies it will host military exercises with China
2012-06-20 — An adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied an Iranian media report that Syria would host Russian, Chinese and Iranian military forces for joint exercises, the Russian news agency Interfax reported on Tuesday. An Iranian news agency, … Continue reading