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  • Why China’s Navy Raises Concerns?

    11 August 2011
    Authorities

    The last time the aircraft carrier once known as the Varyag generated this much concern, it was for fear it might sink… By Austin Ramzy /Dalian  (time) [mappress] Source: time, August 11, 2011;

  • China’s sole aircraft carrier on blue water drills

    26 December 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, started blue water drills on Saturday, heading towards the West Pacific with a carrier task group. Chinese state media reported that this was the carrier’s first “distant seas” deployment. According to China’s Xinhua news agency, the Liaoning and other ships from the formation held a live-fire drill in the Bohai […]

  • Australia and China participate in ASEAN maritime exercise ahead of South China Sea ruling

    3 May 2016

    Australia and China have joined 16 other ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) nations participating in an ASEAN-hosted exercise. The regional maritime security and counter-terrorism exercise is being held in Brunei and Singapore from May 2 – 12, 2016. Minister for Defence, Senator Marise Payne said Australian Special Forces; Navy ships HMAS Anzac and HMAS Bathurst; and headquarters […]

  • New British aircraft carriers unwelcome in South China Sea

    31 July 2017
    Authorities

    Responding to the possibility of new UK aircraft carriers operating in the South China Sea, China’s foreign ministry said the deployment would only “stir up trouble”. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang made these remarks after UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson hinted at the possibility of the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth carriers being sent […]

  • US Navy conducts first South China Sea freedom of navigation op under Trump

    25 May 2017
    Authorities

    The U.S. Navy ordered one of its destroyers to challenge China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea by sailing within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese artificially built island. According to Reuters, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Dewey sailed near a disputed reef in the Spratly Islands over which China is in a territorial dispute with […]

  • Pentagon: China will return underwater drone ‘stolen’ in South China Sea

    19 December 2016
    Authorities

    China will return an underwater drone it ‘stole’ from the USNS Bowditch, a civilian U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship which was operating in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “Through direct engagement with Chinese authorities, we have secured an understanding that the Chinese will return the UUV to the United States,” Pentagon […]

  • China commissions new guided-missile frigate

    25 February 2016
    Authorities, Equipment & technology

    The Chinese Navy has received a new-generation indigenously-built guided missile frigate, the People’s Liberation Army official news site said yesterday, February 24. The new 140-meter long and 16-meter wide vessel was named Xiangtan, after a city in the Chinese Hunan Province. The report further said said that the new ship has strong remote surveillance and anti-aircraft […]

  • Chinese Navy: ‘Firing at Vietnamese Boat’ Fabricated

    28 March 2013
    Authorities

    Last week, Vietnam accused China of opening fire on a fishing boat, burning down its cabin, in the disputed South China Sea on March 20, Reuters reports. The Vietnamese Government characterized the incident as “very serious”, urging China to reprimand those responsible. On the other hand, the Chinese navy said that the attack on Vietnamese […]

  • China Conducts Large-Scale Military Exercise

    14 June 2011
    Training & Education

      A local daily reported Monday that China’s East China Sea Fleet has been conducting an unprecedentedly large-scale military exercise in the… By Sofia Wu (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, June  14, 2011;

  • US Navy carrier strike group starts South China Sea patrol

    19 February 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    U.S Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and the attached carrier strike group entered the South China Sea and started patrols in the disputed region, the U.S. Navy announced on February. The start of “routine operations” comes a week after Beijing warned the U.S. not to challenge China’s sovereignty in the South China Sea. What […]

  • China Joins Escort Pact with Japan and India to Fend Off Piracy

    9 July 2012
    Authorities

    China is closely cooperating with the navies of Japan and India in patrolling against piracy off Somalia, a sign of the country’s greater willingness to work with other nations in safeguarding global trade despite mixed sentiments among Chinese toward the country’s main Asian rivals. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force became the lead navy Sunday in the […]

  • China launches first domestically-built aircraft carrier

    26 April 2017
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry

    By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. State media has quoted military experts as saying the carrier, designed in China and built […]

  • China, US to Pursue New Model for Military-to-Military Relations

    9 April 2014
    Authorities

    A new model for U.S.-China military-to-military relations was revelead yesterday in Beijing.   The U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit, at the invitation of Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Chang Wanquan, to Beijing comes in the middle of a 10-day trip to the Asia-Pacific region, during which he visited Japan and will travel to Mongolia later […]

  • Chinese ships sail near Senkakus following James Mattis visit to Japan

    7 February 2017
    Authorities

    Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailed near disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, two days after US Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited Japan. According to AFP, Japanese Coast Guard said three ships sailed near the disputed island chain known as Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyus in China. The February 6 sail-by came […]

  • US, China Discuss South China Sea Ops

    30 October 2015
    Authorities

    US Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and his Chinese counterpart, People’s Liberation Army (Navy) Commander Adm. Wu Shengli took part in a video teleconference to discuss ongoing engagements between the two navies and recent operations in the South China Sea. The talks held on Oct. 29 were in light of the US Navy’s USS Lassen […]

  • China’s First Aircraft Carrier Holds its Sea Trial

    10 August 2011
    Equipment & technology

    China’s first aircraft carrier held its sea trial Wednesday, a step likely to stoke patriotic pride at home and jitters abroad about Beijing… By Chris Buckley (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, August 10, 2011;

  • Japan calls out China as Chinese warship sails near Senkaku Island waters

    9 June 2016
    Authorities

    Japan has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest a Chinese warship entering disputed East China Sea waters near the Senkaku Islands. A Chinese Jiangkai I class frigate, as the ship was identified by the Japanese destroyer Setogiri, entered the waters June 8, Kyodo News quoted the Japanese Foreign Ministry as saying. “We are deeply concerned that […]

  • Royal Navy ship sails near disputed islands in South China Sea

    7 September 2018
    Vessels

    Last month, Royal Navy amphibious assault ship HMS Albion sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China in a freedom of navigation operation. The ship passed close to the Paracel Islands, which are controlled by China but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, on August 31. This was in line with international law and norms as […]

  • US Navy destroyer patrols South China Sea

    22 June 2016
    Authorities

    USS Spruance, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, is currently patrolling the South China Sea as part of a Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific. “Spruance is currently operating in the South China Sea in support of maritime security and stability of all nations, especially in the Indo-Asian-Pacific,” said Cmdr. Manuel […]

  • France, UK announce South China Sea freedom of navigation operations

    6 June 2018
    Authorities

    French and UK Royal Navy ships will be joining their US counterparts in challenging China’s territorial claims in disputed regions of the South China Sea, the two countries’ defense ministers have announced. The announcement was made at the Shangri La security dialogue in Singapore which was attended by French defense minister Florence Parly and the UK […]

  • ASEAN-China Maritime Exercise concludes in Zhanjiang, China

    29 October 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The Chinese People’s Liberation Navy and navies of ASEAN member states have completed the at-sea phase of the inaugural ASEAN-China Maritime Exercise. The exercise spanned five days from October 22 to 27 and concluded with a field training exercise in Zhanjiang, China. Co-organised by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the People’s Liberation Army […]

  • Report: Japan to deploy helicopter carrier on three-month South China Sea mission

    14 March 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Japan is sending its 24,000-ton helicopter carrier JS Izumo (DDH-183) on a three-month deployment to the South China Sea, Reuters said in a report on Monday. During its mission, the helicopter carrier will visit Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka before joining the annual Malabar naval exercise, Reuters said citing sources. “The aim is to test […]

  • China begins construction of second Pakistani Type 054A frigate

    21 December 2018
    Authorities, Vessels

    China’s Hudong Zhonghua shipyard hosted a steel-cutting ceremony on December 20 to mark the official start of construction of the second Pakistan Navy Type 054A frigate. Hudong Zhonghua is a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation with which the Pakistan Navy signed contracts for the delivery of a total of four frigates. All four units will […]

  • Thailand orders Type 071E landing platform dock from China

    11 September 2019
    Authorities, Vessels

    The Royal Thai Navy has ordered a Type 071E landing platform dock (LPD) ship in what became China’s first export contract for a ship of this class. A signing ceremony for an export version of the Chinese PLA Navy Type 071 was held in China on September 9. The ship will be built by China […]

  • Boustead chosen for work on China-built littoral mission ships for Malaysia

    20 March 2017
    Authorities, Industry

    The Malaysian ministry of defense has selected Boustead Naval Shipyard to work on the delivery of four littoral mission ships that are to be built by China. According to a letter of acceptance from March 17, Boustead Naval Shipyard will work with a partner shipyard from China on the delivery of the ships. The company said […]

  • PLA Navy Fleet Patrols South China Sea

    15 February 2013
    Training & Education

    A Navy fleet of the People’s Republic of China, comprising North China Sea Fleet vessels missile destroyer Qingdao and the missile frigates Yantai and Yancheng, carried out patrol and training missions in the South China Sea last week, Xinhua reported. The training missions conducted in the area of the Nansha Islands included drills aimed at […]