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Chinese Fleet Arrives in South Africa for Controversial Joint Exercises With Russia

by Cobus van Staden
File image of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided missle destroyer Huainan that will take part in the Mosi II joint naval exercises with Russia and South Africa. Image via the PLA Navy.

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