Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND) slammed Australian Defense Ministry’s negative remarks over China on Thursday when answering reporter's questions.
The Chinese government upholds the guideline of coordinated development of national defense and economy, and appropriately determines the scale of defense spending in light of actual defense needs and economic development level.
Wu Qian said that Washington and Tokyo's political ploy to contain China by playing the Taiwan card will be nothing but a pipe dream.
Chinese Defense Spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian, also spokesperson for the delegation of the PLA and the PAP Force at the fifth session of the 13th NPC, received an interview on March 9 in which he introduced and summarized the Chinese military's participation in international anti-pandemic cooperation since COVID-19 broke out.
As agreed by both sides, the Chinese and Indian militaries will hold the 15th round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting on March 11.
Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, answers reporters' questions at a regular press conference on February 24, 2022.
"What the US report says about China's Taiwan region is a gross interference in China's internal affairs and violation of the one-China principle and the basic norms governing international relations. We are firmly opposed to that," said a Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday.
China urges the AUKUS group to forsake the Cold War mentality and the zero-sum game concept, and treat international concerns in a responsible manner.
"So long as the "Taiwan independence" provocations persist, the Chinese PLA will definitely not stop its actions to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a Chinese MND spokesperson, at a regular media briefing on Thursday.
The Chinese military personnel had participated in the humanitarian assistance disaster relief (HADR) training exercises, as part of the Exercise Cobra Gold 2022 held in Thailand, via video link from February 18 to 20, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
According to Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND), the Chinese military will hold the 7th Great Wall International Military Medicine Forum (GWIMMF) in Beijing from March 24 to 27.
The Chinese PLA naval vessel maintained safe, normative and professional operations all along in the whole process when encountering the aircraft attached to the Australian Defence Force (ADF), which conforms to the International Law and related international practices.
"The move by the United States grossly interferes in China's internal affairs and undermines the relations of the two countries," said Chinese Defense Spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian on Wednesday.
Chinese military delivered a batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the Vietnamese military on February 8, 2021.
Chinese Ministry of National Defense delivered a batch of COVID-19 prevention and control supplies to Indonesia's Defense Ministry on February 9, 2022.
As to the so-called China threats, that’s a lie repeated a thousand times and should have long been cast into the dustbin of history. While repeating this lie, the US and Japan are continuously stepping up their military deployments in the East China Sea and South China Sea and conducting highly targeted military provocations.
Naval vessels dispatched by the Chinese military left from southern China's Guangzhou City to deliver the second batch of China-aid emergency supplies to Tonga
"China is willing to maintain high-level communication with New Zealand, and promote continuous development of China-New Zealand military relations", said Chinese Defense Spokesperson Wu Qian on Thursday.
The Chinese military held defense strategy consultations via video links with its counterparts from the UK and France on January 12 and 13 respectively, said a Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday.
"The Chinese military is fully prepared for any external provocation," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, when being asked to comment on the US frequent provocation.
"China is willing to maintain high-level communication with New Zealand, and promote continuous development of China-New Zealand military relations", said Chinese Defense Spokesperson Wu Qian on Thursday.
Chinese frontier defense troops found an Indian personnel who illegally entered Chinese territory in a recent patrol in Medog County of China's Xizang autonomous region, said Senior Colonel Long Shaohua.
According to the news released by Chinese Defense Spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian on Wednesday, upon the request of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Chinese military will dispatch air force transport aircraft and naval vessels to deliver emergency supplies to Tonga for disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction.
The US behavior is not the "freedom of navigation" at all as it claims, but a serious provocation that violates China's sovereignty and endangers peace and stability in the South China Sea, China's defense spokesperson stressed.
According to the consensus of the armed forces of China, Iran and Russia, the navies of the three countries held their second joint maritime exercise in the Gulf of Oman from January 18 to 20, 2022.
On January 24, 2022, the Chinese and Russian naval forces held a joint maritime anti-piracy exercise in the northern waters of the Arabian Sea. A total of five naval vessels, ship-borne helicopters and marines from the two sides participated in the joint exercise.
"On January 20, the US guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold trespassed into China's territorial waters off Xisha Islands without Chinese government's permission. The naval and air forces of the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command conducted tracking and whole-process monitoring on the US destroyer and warned it off," said Air Force Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command.
The militaries of China and France held the 16th China-France Defense Strategy Consultation via video link on January 13.
The militaries of China and the United Kingdom held the eighth China-UK Defense Strategy Consultation via video link on January 12.
Major General Peng Jingtang, former deputy chief of staff of the People's Armed Police Force (PAP), has been appointed as the commander of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison.
The Chinese military will accelerate the modernization of national defense and the armed forces, resolutely fulfill the missions and tasks entrusted by the Party and the people, and greet the 20th CPC National Congress with outstanding achievements.
"The Type-21 combat uniforms and work uniforms have been successively distributed to all the military members this winter," introduced Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND), at a regular news briefing on December30, 2021.
The Japanese side tries to break through the 'exclusively defense-oriented' policy on the grounds of so-called 'severe regional security environment ' and pointed the spear of military confrontation at neighboring countries. This is an extremely wrong and dangerous behavior,” Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense.
The US side is urged to give up the concept of zero-sum game, view China's defense and military development in a rational and objective light, and do more to facilitate the healthy development of the China-US relationship, a Chinese defense spokesperson said on Thursday.
Since the beginning of this year, the PLA has organized normalized patrols around the Taiwan island, with a view to act decisively against the ill deeds challenging the one-China principle by forces on and out of the island, and defend China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
China urges the US to launch a thorough investigation into the deaths of Afghan civilians in drone attack this August, punish the perpetrators, and do justice to the Afghan people, said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.
Recently, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison organized the joint patrol exercise in the fourth quarter of the year. The army, navy and air force troops assigned to the garrison jointly conducted combat drills on patrol, search and rescue, as well as visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS).
According to a notice released by China’s Dalian Maritime Safety Administration, military exercises will be performed in waters of Bohai Strait and north Yellow Sea from December 26, 2021 to January 9, 2022.
The Chinese and Vietnamese troops participating in the bilateral medical exercise "Peace Rescue-2021" started joint training for the first time in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province of Vietnam on December 8, 2021.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) provided the Myanmar military with a batch of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control supplies in aid, which was delivered to Myanmar on December 8, 2021.