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2022-12-25
On December 25, the PLA Eastern Theater Command conducted the joint combat-readiness security patrol and joint firepower striking exercise involving troops of multiple services and arms in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island, said Army Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command (ETC), on Sunday.
2022-12-24
The FY 2023 NDAA involves a number of negative provisions regarding China, plays up the so-called "China Threat" in disregard of facts, interferes into China's internal affairs wantonly, and makes up excuses for expanding military expenditures and maintaining hegemony.
2022-12-22
The 17th round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Chinese side on 20th December 2022.
2022-12-13
Senior Colonel Long Shaohua, spokesperson for the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), made remarks on Chinese border troops' routine patrol in Dongzhang area on Tuesday.
2022-12-08
China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to the US’s recent announcement that it will sell military aircraft parts and related equipment worth$428 million to Taiwan, and has lodged solemn representations with the US side, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei.
2022-12-06
China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to the 2022 Pentagon report on Chinese military, and has lodged solemn representations with the US, according to Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, in a written statement released on Tuesday.
2022-12-03
Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), answers reporters' questions at a regular press conference on November 24, 2022.
2022-11-29
The Chinese and Lao militaries held the third border defense friendship exchange in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Monday.
2022-11-24
The Chinese Navy will continue to deepen communication, exchanges, mutual trust and cooperation with its counterparts around the world, and actively make preparations for the 19th WPNS.
2022-11-24
The two sides agreed to take this event as an opportunity to intensify their communication and cooperation in the field of medicine, and make positive contributions to building a community of common health for mankind.
2022-11-24
The Beijing Xiangshan Forum Webinar 2022 will be held at the Chinese PLA Academy of Military Sciences from December 1 to 2, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), at a regular press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
2022-11-24
As agreed by both sides, the Chinese and Lao militaries will hold the third friendly border defense exchange in the border region at the end of November.
2022-11-24
The so-called baseline or other demarcation lines unilaterally set up by Taiwan are illegal and invalid, said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.
2022-07-13
On July 13, the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) trespassed into China's territorial waters off Xisha Islands without Chinese government's permission. The Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command organized naval and air forces to track and monitor it, sent warnings and drove it away.
2022-11-24
According to the agreement between the Chinese and Vietnamese militaries, the troops assigned to the Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Vietnam People's Navy will carry out their 33rd joint patrol in Beibu Gulf from November 24 to 25.
2022-11-24
An international military personnel training webinar will be held at the PLA Army Logistics Academy from December 8 to 9, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
2022-11-04
The China-related content in the US 2022 NDS plays up the so-called Chinese "challenge" and major-power competition in disregard of facts, and smears China's normal military development on the excuse of planning the US defense strategy.
2022-11-04
Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese, a matter that must be resolved by the Chinese.
2022-11-01
At the invitation of the Indonesian military, the Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark will set sail on November 2 from Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province, for a friendly visit to Indonesia, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei in a written statement released on Tuesday.
2022-10-27
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe recently had a telephone conversation with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
2022-10-27
"We urge the Japanese side to take history as a mirror, act cautiously in the field of military security, and refrain from interfering in China's internal affairs, undermining China's security interests, or undermining regional security and stability," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei.
2022-10-27
The first Africa Airforce Forum will be held in Dakar, capital of Senegal, from October 26 to 27, and a Chinese Air Force delegation will participate in it.
2022-10-09
As long as the DPP authorities and the "Taiwan independence" separatists continue to seek so-called independence by military means, the PLA's military countermeasures will surely not stop.
2022-09-29
The disengagement of Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan Daban is conducive to promoting peace and tranquility in the border areas, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
2022-09-29
The PLA's military countermeasures will not stop, as long as the DPP authorities and the "Taiwan independence" separatists continue to seek so-called independence by military means, said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.
2022-09-29
Political Commissar of Chinese PLA Navy Admiral Yuan Huazhi had a video meeting with Political Commissar of Vietnamese Navy Nguyen Van Bong on September 26.
2022-09-29
The China-Arab Sates seminar on military higher learning institutions was held via video link at the National Defense University (NDU) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday evening.
2022-09-29
In early September, the Chinese military sent a military medical delegation to attend the 44th World Congress on Military Medicine in Brussels, Belgium, according to Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's MND, at a regular press conference in Beijing on Thursday
2022-09-29
The Chinese PLA Army Engineering University held the Ninth International Army Cadets Week (IACW) in Nanjing via video link from September 28 to 29.
2022-09-21
The US navy destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) and Canadian navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH-331) sailed through the Taiwan Strait on September 20 and hyped it up publicly. Army Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese PLA, denounced such provocative move in a written statement released on Wednesday.
2022-09-09
On 8th September, 2022, according to the consensus reached in the 16th Round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting, the Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan Daban have begun to disengage in a coordinated and planned way.
2022-08-30
The recent military operations organized by the PLA are punitive deterrence against the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and the interference of external forces.
2022-08-28
The USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville, two US guided-missile cruisers, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on August 28 and hyped it up publicly. The PLA Eastern Theater Command conducted security tracking and monitoring of the US warships' passage in the whole course.
2022-08-26
The PLA Eastern Theater Command has in the past few days carried out joint combat-readiness security patrols and combat training exercises involving troops of multiple services and arms in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island
2022-08-25
"Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP) is to host the International Forum on Counter-terrorism 'Great Wall-2022' in Beijing from August 30 to 31," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
2022-08-25
"The Peacekeeping Affairs Center under China's Ministry of National Defense hosts the first "Shared Vision" international peacekeeping forum from August 24 to 25 in Beijing via video link," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference in Beijing on August 25.
2022-08-25
"China urges relevant countries to fulfill their nuclear non-proliferation obligations, and revoke their decision on nuclear-powered submarine cooperation," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei on Thursday.
2022-08-25
The series of military exercises and training conducted by the Chinese PLA near China's Taiwan Island were open, transparent, professional and appropriate, and served as a warning and counterattack to the provocateurs and trouble makers
2022-08-25
"We firmly oppose any third party to meddle in the China-India border issue in any form," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) at a regular press conference.
2022-08-17
According to the annual China-Russia military cooperation plan and consensus reached by the two sides, the Chinese People's Liberation Army will send some troops to Russia to take part in the Vostok (East)-2022 strategic exercise.
