Feature: Review of China-Malaysia-Thailand "Peace and Friendship 2018" joint exercise
2018-11-09Mixed grouping and unified planning have not only enhanced the friendship among the three countries, but also effectively enhanced the ability of the three militaries to cope with regional crises and maintain peace.
Chinese hospital ship brings relief to ailing Dominicans
2018-11-08After the four-hour surgery performed by doctors on the Chinese hospital ship "Peace Ark", Santa Tejedo, 62, would be able to walk without the pain she had been suffering for a year due to a massive leg lipoma.
Airshow China in Zhuhai boosts aviation industry
2018-11-06The 12th Airshow China, one of the world's top air shows, is taking place in the southern coastal city and will run through Sunday.
'Bullets were zipping over our camp and heads'
2018-10-09Guns, death, poverty and long patrols across swamps and deserts under a baking sun thousands of kilometers from home is a hard life for any young woman.
Chinese marines debut in trilateral training mission, earning appraisal from counterparts
2018-09-05The 5th annual installment of Exercise Kowari featuring Chinese, Australian and U.S. armed forces, has wrapped up in Cairns on Wednesday.
'Every hardship is worth it'
2018-08-24She was 23 when she deployed in 2015 to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, as part of China's first female infantry squad to serve in a United Nations peacekeeping mission. The squad had 13 members.
Old soldiers still fighting to better society
2018-07-02As the People's Republic of China nears its 69th anniversary, a law enforcement division in Shanghai is helping people better appreciate the magnitude of events leading up to and following the historical event in 1949.
A life of service and discipline
2018-04-26The late army officer Zhou Zhifu survived the horrors of war to become a model Party member.
Soldiers Put on Social Credit Blacklist for Leaving Service
2018-04-09If you’re a soldier in China, applying to leave the army is likely to leave a black mark on your social credit score.
The Art of Peace: A Young Chinese Woman's Unlikely Career Choice
2018-04-02While her peers donned suits and started their careers in office buildings or flew abroad to further their studies, 22-year-old French major Zhang Zixuan disappeared to a training ground in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region upon graduation from university last June.
China grows presence of UN peacekeeping missions abroad
2018-02-28As China's military looks to reform domestically, it's also expanding its presence abroad.
In-depth: How China becomes third-largest supplier of weapons worldwide?
2018-02-27China's share of global arms exports rose from 3.8 percent to 6.2 percent from 2012 to 2016 as the country became the third-largest weapon supplier in the world after the U.S. and Russia, according to the latest data released by the SIPRI.
Far away from home, Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon risk their lives for peace
2018-02-12More than 6,000 kilometers away from his home and family, 25-year-old Li Junying waked up at 6 am in southern Lebanon and prepared to search for idle mines scattered along the United Nations Blue Line.
Prestigious soldiers who guard the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse
2018-02-02On Jan. 30, the TV channel of 81.cn, the website of the People's Liberation Army, released a video unveiling the demeanor of soldiers who guard the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Chinese quake survivor searches for his savior online
2018-01-30The video of a quake survivor searching for the army officer who saved his life 10 years ago has attracted a lot of attention on China's social media.
Daughter of Chinese astronaut recalls Shenzhou-7 mission, false fire alarm
2018-01-14Her father was fascinated by space and a huge fan of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the moon, when he was a middle school student. He signed up for the PLA astronaut program without hesitation.
Oceangoing voyage with Romanian sail training ship
2018-01-09A cadets from the PLA Naval University of Engineering shared with classmates his stories of spending three months on the Romanian Navy's sail training ship "Mircea" for an oceangoing visit mission to seven countries on the New Year's Day of 2018.
Australian army lauds "courage" of Chinese soldiers during joint training exercises
2017-08-31The Australian Army has heralded the "courage" of Chinese soldiers, after a six-day trilateral training mission that also included the United States wrapped up in Cairns, Australia.
Chinese naval hospital ship brings free medical services to Djibouti's villagers
2017-08-30With local patients packed with a temporary clinic in the midst of Djibouti's humid weather, sweats dropped down from the foreheads of Chinese doctors, who were carefully treating villagers through traditional Chinese medicine and modern therapy.
Chinese PLA "Peace Train" medical team brings experience, technology, friendship to Laos
2017-08-08In recent years, the Chinese military has sent medical units to Haiti, Nepal and Pakistan for disaster relief after earthquakes, floods, and other medical security tasks. In addition, more than 100 groups of experts have also been sent to Laos, Zambia and other Asian and African countries to carry out medical aid.