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China's first domestically built aircraft carrier as seen at the Dalian Shipyard. China already has one carrier, but Beijing believes the rising superpower must have more to safeguard not only its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests but also the region’s, a view not shared by its neighbors.Photo: AFP / Wang Xizeng

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

China’s home-made carrier set for second sea trial

by Asia Times staff July 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Wei Huixiao is seen on the deck of the PLA Navy's Zhengzhou destroyer. Photo: China Central Television screen grab

Beijing, China, Guangzhou, World

PLA Navy set to appoint first female captain

by Asia Times staff July 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Navy personnel of Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy take part in a military display in the South China Sea April 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, World

Short of war, China already controls the South China Sea: US admiral

by Asia Times staff April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese sailors stand at attention aboard a Chinese naval ship. Photo: Reuters / Lean Daval Jr

Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania

China says reports of South Pacific military base ‘fake news’

by Asia Times staff April 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A satellite photo dated March 26, 2018, shows Chinese ships south of Hainan, China. Photo: Handout via Reuters/Planet Labs

AT Finance, China, Singapore, Taiwan

China carrier group leads massive show of force in South China Sea

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet. Photo: Reuters

China begins naval drills in S China Sea, W Pacific

by Asia Times staff March 27, 2018February 18, 2020

A soldier from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force helps to prepare surface-to-ship missile launchers at Camp Naha in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture. Photo: Reuters/Toru Yamanaka

Japan, Northeast Asia

Japan mulls deploying missile batteries in Okinawa to guard strategic strait

by Asia Times staff February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese ships are seen operating in the eastern Indian Ocean in a TV broadcast. Photo: CCTV7 screen grab

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia

Chinese task force has left Indian Ocean: Defense sources

by Asia Times staff February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese ships are seen operating in the eastern Indian Ocean in a TV broadcast. Photo: CCTV7 screen grab

Australia, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Chinese navy task force enters Indian Ocean in wake of Maldives crisis: Report

by Asia Times staff February 21, 2018February 18, 2020

More than 40 ships and submarines representing 15 nations in formation during the RIMPAC 2014 exercise in this US Navy photo taken July 25, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon E. Renfroe/Handout

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

US should disinvite China to RIMPAC naval exercises

by Grant Newsham December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese PLA soldiers at a naval ship for a voyage to some 20 countries wave to the public on the Huangpu river in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

China

Chinese admiral divulges plans for new mid-sized nuke attack sub, next-gen destroyers

by Asia Unhedged October 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A Vietnamese naval soldier stands quard at Thuyen Chai island in the Spratly archipelago. Photo: Reuters/Quang Le

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, South Asia, Vietnam

Vietnam backs off South China Sea drilling at behest of Beijing

by Asia Unhedged August 5, 2017February 18, 2020

China has added a new KJ-600 surveilance aircraft to its fleet, which includes the KJ-500 pictured above.

China

China develops first airborne early warning plane for aircraft carriers

by Asia Unhedged July 15, 2017February 18, 2020

A vessel from the PLA's South Sea Fleet leaves its home port of Zhanjiang in Guangdong province en route to Djibouti. Photo: Chinese Navy

China, Shanghai, South Asia

‘Bound for Djibouti duty’: China sets sail to first overseas military base

by Asia Unhedged July 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Screen grab of footage taken at launch of the first ship of the Type 055 class destroyer.

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai

China launches Asia’s largest post-WWII warship

by Asia Unhedged June 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Conventional Chinese submarines. Source: China Network Television

China

China’s new submarine engine poised to revolutionize undersea warfare

by Asia Unhedged June 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Hughes-Reef in the South China Sea on February 7, 2017, where China is reportedly building military fortifications.
Photo: The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/CSIS

China

Everything you wanted to know about the South and East China Seas

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2017February 18, 2020

The oceanographic survey ship, USNS Bowditch, is shown September 20, 2002, which deployed an underwater drone seized by a Chinese Navy warship in international waters in South China Sea, December 16, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Courtesy US Navy

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, Taiwan

China agrees to give back seized US underwater drone

by Reuters December 17, 2016February 18, 2020

China, Shanghai, World

Why China built second aircraft carrier base in Hainan

by Admin August 5, 2015

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Taiwan, World

The missed nuances of China’s military ‘White Paper’

by Admin June 9, 2015