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The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through the Miyako Strait last week and conducted operations with its air group and escorts.

China and Russia on Thursday kicked off a joint naval drill in the Sea of Japan with some of the two countries' most powerful warships, including China's Type 055 large destroyer.

It's uncertain if the United States, South Korea, and Japan can keep up with the Chinese shipbuilding industry.

Chinese Navy Inducts 2nd Type 055 Destroyer, 'Lhasa' Our Bureau 2842 The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned Lhasa, its second 10,000 ton-class Type 055 large destroyer. Naming the ship after the capital of Tibet province, amidst human rights concerns there, has met with opposition from the exiled Tibetan community. The destroyer recently made its first public appearance at a naval base in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, CCTV reported. It was named after Lhasa, the Tibetan capital which was usurped by China in 1950. The warship could join the PLA North...

Chinese Navy Inducts 2nd Type 055 Destroyer, 'Lhasa' Our Bureau 2844 The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned Lhasa, its second 10,000 ton-class Type 055 large destroyer. Naming the ship after the capital of Tibet province, amidst human rights concerns there, has met with opposition from the exiled Tibetan community. The destroyer recently made its first public appearance at a naval base in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, CCTV reported. It was named after Lhasa, the Tibetan capital which was usurped by China in 1950. The warship could join the PLA North...