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The report was released only one day before the annual US-Philippines Balikatan Exercise was scheduled to kick off. Media report said this years Balikatan Exercise would be the

The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Marine Corps recently conducted a series of round-the-clock joint amphibious landing drills with Navy surface vessels and the worlds largest hovercraft, enhancing and displaying the PLA Navys amphibious landing capabilities, analysts said on Sunday.

By Jamie Freed and Allison Lampert - China has launched an investigation into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged rapidly from cruising altitude into a mountainside with 132 people on board. The crash of the Boeing 737-800 is China's first deadly aviation accident since 2010 in a country that has had one of the world's strongest safety records over that period.

The US Navy has reportedly deployed three spy ships simultaneously to sensitive waters near China over the past week in a provocative move experts said on Thursday aims to boost its submarine and anti-submarine warfare capabilities against the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), after the US “acknowledged its shortcomings” with last year’s undersea collision of the USS Connecticut nuclear-powered attack submarine in the South China Sea.

Chinese Navy’s Upgraded J-11B Likely with New AESA Radar Joins S.China Sea Exercises

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and State Councilor Wang Yong led a team to the plane crash site in South Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region late Monday to guide the rescue work and investigation of the cause of the accident.

A top US military commander on Sunday again hyped the so-called militarization by China in the South China Sea by personally participating in an aerial close-in reconnaissance on Chinese islands and reefs in the region together with journalists, which is a move that Chinese analysts said on Monday could be a political farce attempting to copy the Ukraine crisis in the Asia-Pacific, rallying allies, partners and other countries in the region to confront China.

Chinese Aircraft Carrier 'Shadong' Transits Through Taiwan Straits for the First Time

Members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) have abducted one Bulama Geidam in Borno state.

The ISWAP insurgents attacked Gubio early hours of Wednesday, carting away a load of food items and fuel from a humanitarian truck.