Chinese Navy

What does the Philippines president Marcos Jr’s trip to the US mean as tensions rise with China?

Since assuming office a year ago, the Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has leaned towards the US. He is visiting America as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of vessels in the South China Sea

Chinese navy holds ‘confrontational drills’ in South China Sea

As US carrier strike group began operating in South China Sea, the Shandong aircraft carrier group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy held a series of confrontational drills in the contested waterway.

US worried as China undertakes rapid expansion of PLA navy

Chinese President Xi Jinping has set a target of inducting a total of 400 warships in the PLA Navy (PLAN) by 2025. Currently the Chinese Navy has 340 vessels

Short of fighter trainer for carrier-based operations Chinese navy struggles to find enough pilots: Report

The Chinese Navy has sped up the carrier-based fighter jet pilot training programme, but its lack of a fighter trainer designed specifically for carrier-based operations has been holding it back

India-China standoff in Ladakh: A look back at Beijing's 2019 white paper on defence and security strategy

On Wednesday, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China published a white paper on China’s defence and security posture.

Indian Navy's long-term plan to have three aircraft carriers, says Admiral Karambir Singh; first IAC to be operation by 2022

The Indian Navy's long-term plan is to have three aircraft carriers, Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Tuesday and added that the first indigenous aircraft carrier will be fully operational by 2022

China's new domestically-developed naval radar can monitor areas as large as India, says media report

Domestically-developed radar system will enable the Chinese navy to fully monitor China's seas and spot incoming threats from enemy ships, aircraft and missiles.

China skips announcement of defence budget, says country's development will not pose threat to any other nation

China has for the first time in recent years skirted the customary announcement of its national defence budget

Maldives crisis: 11 Chinese warships sailed into Indian Ocean in February, says report

Eleven Chinese warships sailed into the East Indian Ocean in February, a Chinese news portal said, amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency.

Beijing establishing real-time global ocean observation network, says Chinese media

China is establishing its first global real-time ocean observation network covering most parts of the Pacific, Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.