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Chinese Fleet Returns Home After Mission in African Waters
A trio of Chinese warships returned to their home port in Guangdong Province on Friday after a 339-day mission that included operations in African waters. The ships, composed of the guided missile destroyer Jiaozuo, the guided missile frigate Xuchang, and the supply ship Honghu, ...
U.S., Chinese Ships at Cambodia Bases as Washington Navigates Diplomatic Currents
By Suy Se When a U.S. warship docked in Cambodia this week, it moored just a few kilometers from a base where China has built an extended new pier and two of Beijing's own vessels have been berthed for about a ...
Cambodia Says U.S. Navy Ship to Make Port Call
A U.S. warship will dock in Cambodia next week, the country's defense ministry said Friday, in the first American military port call in eight years to one of China's closest regional allies. Washington's relationship with Phnom Penh has been deteriorating for ...
Is China Building a New Military Base in Cambodia? Maybe. Probably.
Chinese contractors have been renovating the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia for the past two years, leading to widespread suspicion that the upgraded facility could eventually serve as a future outpost for the PLA Navy in Southeast Asia. ...
Taipei Says Chinese Aircraft Carrier Group Sailed Through Taiwan Strait
By Joy Chiang and Amber Wang A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan's defense minister said, a day after Beijing held a live-fire exercise near the self-ruled island. China ...
China to ‘Crush’ Foreign Encroachment in South China Sea: Military Official
By Ludovic Ehret China will "crush" any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory, including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said Thursday on the sidelines of a defense forum. Washington and ...
Chinese Warship Wraps Up Port of Call to Vietnam as Hanoi Engages in High-Level Security Talks With the U.S.
A PLA Navy warship concluded a three-day rest and replenishment port of call in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay on Friday. The unnamed warship was on its way back from joint naval exercises with Singapore when it made the stop in Vietnam. ...
China Pushes Rivals’ Limits in Regional Disputes
By Isabel Kua and Matthew Walsh China's campaign of confrontation, from remote reefs in Southeast Asia to Taiwan and far-flung Japanese islands, is designed to wear down regional rivals competing with it for contested territories, analysts say.
South African Patients Flock to Docked Chinese Hospital Ship
A Chinese hospital ship has docked in Cape Town to bring much-needed free medical care to South African patients as part of a joint exercise between the two nations, the army said Monday. The "Peace Ark" arrived on South Africa's western ...
China Shows Off Force Projection Capabilities in Military Drills With Tanzania
China demonstrated new capabilities this week to deploy military forces to far-flung theaters with the first-ever use of the PLA's Y-20 transport aircraft to bring troops to East Africa. The PLA troops are participating in nearly two weeks of air and ...
Chinese Coast Guard and Navy Ships Look On But Don’t Intervene in Latest Philippine Resupply Mission
Under the close watch of at least nine China Coast Guard and PLA Navy warships, the Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef on Saturday without any “untoward incidents” more than a month after a violent ...
Philippines Says ‘No Incidents’ as It Resupplies Hotspot Reef
The Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef Saturday without "untoward incidents", more than a month after a violent clash with Chinese forces in the area. It said the mission ...