2012-02-27 (China Military News cited from businessmirror.com.ph) -- INSISTING that Reed Bank is within the Philippines’s territorial waters, the Department of Justice has advised the Department of Foreign Affairs not to heed the demand made by the Chinese government for the immediate return of 35 fishing boats that were seized ... READ MORE

2012-02-24 (China Military News cited from China Daily) --  International naval cooperation has to be strengthened to effectively tackle piracy, Chinese and overseas naval officials said on Thursday.
Vice-Admiral Ding Yiping, deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy, told the International Counter-Piracy & Escort Operation Symposium that piracy in the ... READ MORE

2012-02-24 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) -- Chinese navy drills in the west Pacific were not designed for any specific target, Defense Ministry Spokesman Geng Yansheng said in Beijing on Thursday.
When asked to comment on media allegations that frequent visits to the west Pacific by vessels of the People's ... READ MORE

2012-02-22 (China Military News cited from taipeitimes.com and by J. Michael Cole) -- After more than a decade of delays and reversals, the navy has confirmed that it will embark on a domestic submarine program next year, with a prototype to be delivered within three to four years.
Taiwanese and US sources ... READ MORE

2012-02-17 (China Military News cited from AP) -- China's fast-modernizing navy is stepping up training for anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia in a sign of its growing long-term commitment to overseas missions.
The first two-week course for 84 leading officers began this week at the Naval Command College in ... READ MORE

2012-02-16 (China Military News cited from ainonline.com and by David Donald) -- Since the late 1980s China has aggressively pursued a policy of modernizing its defense industries, with the aim of rivaling those of the West and Russia. Now the results of that policy are reaching the front line, allowing ... READ MORE

2012-02-16 (China Military News cited from PLA Daily) -- Wu Shengli, member of the Central Military Commission and commander of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), met with Admiral Maximov, the visiting commander of Ukraine Navy in Beijing on the afternoon of February 14, 2012.
Wu Shengli said ... READ MORE

2012-02-15 (China Military News cited from Reuters and by David Lague) -- As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power.
Shanghai's Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding ... READ MORE

2012-02-14 (China Military News cited from ft.com and by Geoff Dyer) -- Xi Jinping, the man destined to become China’s leader later this year, is steeped in the country’s military. The son of a famous communist guerrilla leader from the 1930s, his first job was as personal assistant to the ... READ MORE