Navy Warship Sprung From SCS Reef
The Chinese navy has successfully freed a warship which had run aground on a disputed South China Sea shoal near the Philippines, according to The Associated Press: The warship will sail back to port...
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China’s Aircraft Carrier and the Human Race
Something is missing from China’s aircraft carrier, pictured bottom. The People’s Liberation Army Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, on September 25 and has now launched a...
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Food Stall? Night Club? No, It’s the Aircraft Carrier!
China’s new aircraft carrier, adorned for National Day. China’s new aircraft carrier is easy an easy target for sardonic netizens. The latest incarnation of the Soviet Varyag, purchased from Ukraine,...
View ArticleChinese Warships Cross Waters Near Japan
Tensions surrounding the Diaoyu Islands continue to mount between China and Japan as China commissioned its first aircraft carrier and launched a destroyer. Amid claims of a propaganda war, the Wall...
View ArticleThe Militarization of China’s Maritime Surveillance Fleet
The Diplomat’s J. Michael Cole writes that amid escalating tensions in the East China Sea and South China Sea, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has shifted nearly a dozen decommissioned...
View ArticleChina Plans New Generation of Aircraft Carriers
On Monday last week, The Diplomat’s Harry Kazianis wrote that the value of China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier remains, for now, mostly symbolic: As our own Naval Diplomat noted, several months back:...
View ArticleMaking Sense of China’s Meager Typhoon Aid
A ninefold increase in Chinese aid to the typhoon-struck Philippines has failed to quell criticism that, at $1.84 million, China’s contribution still lags well behind those of the U.S., Japan,...
View ArticleChinese, U.S. Warships in Near Collision (Updated)
CNN reports a near-miss between Chinese and American naval vessels in international waters the South China Sea last week: The incident last Friday, which was resolved peacefully, was the latest sign of...
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