Posted on 13 August 2009
August.13 (China Military News cited from Chinamil written by Cao Haihua) -- On August 12, Captain Li Xinfeng,spokesman of the third Chinese naval escort taskforce held a press conference on the current escorting situation encountered by the taskforce.
Posted on 09 May 2009
May.05 (China Defense Mashup Reporting by Johnathan Weng) -- "Chinese Navy plans to build Large surface combat ship and high-performance submarine." Adm.Wu Shengli, the commander of PLA Navy, said those words to reporter when in an exclusive interview made by the state-run Xinhua News Agency before the Chinese Navy's 60th ... READ MORE
Posted on 27 April 2009
Apr 27 (China Military News cited from Reuters and wriiten by Ben Blanchard) -- The United States would like to have a better idea about the intentions behind China's naval build-up, a senior U.S. navy officer said on Sunday, but downplayed worries over Chinese plans for an aircraft carrier.
"The advancement ... READ MORE
Posted on 26 April 2009
April 23 (China Defense Mashup Reporting by Johnathan Weng) -- With an unprecedented parade of PLA Navy warships and an international fleet review off Qingdao, China concluded a four-day celebration for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
Posted on 17 March 2009
March 14 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) -- Chinese naval destroyer "Guangzhou" left here Saturday afternoon at the end of ten-day "Peace 09" military exercise at the Arabia Sea off the southern Pakistani port of Karachi.
Posted on 10 March 2009
Mar.11 (China Military News edited from U.S. 7th Fleet and Xinhuanet) -- Five Chinese vessels shadowed and aggressively maneuvered close to the USNS Impeccable in the South China Sea March 8, a senior Pentagon official said March 9.
Above, a crewmember on a Chinese trawler uses a grapple hook in an ... READ MORE
Posted on 10 March 2009
KARACHI, (China Military News cited from Daily Times) -- The second phase of Pakistan Navy’s multinational Naval Peace Exercise ‘Aman (Peace) 09’ began in the Arabian Sea off Karachi Port from Monday.
From March 9 to 12, twenty warships from twelve countries will carry out exercises that include going past mines, anti-terror ... READ MORE
Posted on 06 March 2009
Mar.07 (China Defense Mashup Report by Johnathan Weng) -- Three days ago, Gen. Wang Fushan (王福山), the chief commander of PLA Navy North Sea Fleet, in China's annual NPC session told media that PLA Navy will make a great International Fleet Review in Tsingtao, Shandong Province when in the late April.