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Main battle tank rumbles through mounds of dust Main battle tank rumbles through mounds of dust

A main battle tank (MBT) attached to a brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army rumbles through mounds of dust on a mountain road during a real-combat training exercise in mid-March, 2023.

Fighter jets in day-and-night flight training Fighter jets in day-and-night flight training

​A ground crew member assigned to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command signals the pilot to taxi the fighter jet into the hangar during a day-and-night flight training exercise in early March, 2023.

Amphibious armored vehicles maneuver in formation Amphibious armored vehicles maneuver in formation

Amphibious armored vehicles attached to a brigade of the PLA 73rd Group Army make their way in formation during a maritime driving training exercise in mid-March, 2023.

MBTs rumble in Gobi desert MBTs rumble in Gobi desert

A main battle tank attached to a tank element under the PLA 77th Group Army rumbles through a mound of dust en route to a designated field during a field training exercise in northwest China’s Gobi desert in mid March, 2023.

Helicopters in night flight Helicopters in night flight

A helicopter attached to a brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command participates in a round-the-clock flight training exercise in mid March, 2023.

Fighter jets leave for 24-hour flight Fighter jets leave for 24-hour flight

J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command taxi down the flightline in formation before takeoff for a 24-hour flight training exercise recently.

Xi, Putin agree to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for new era Xi, Putin agree to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for new era

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. They had sincere, friendly and fruitful talks on the bilateral ties and major regional and international issues of mutual interest, and reached new, important common understandings in many fields.

Xi says China to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy, hi-tech Xi says China to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy, hi-tech

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China is ready to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy and hi-tech areas.

Xi meets Putin in Moscow Xi meets Putin in Moscow

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin on his arrival in Moscow on Monday.

Xi arrives in Moscow for state visit to Russia Xi arrives in Moscow for state visit to Russia

At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Monday afternoon for a state visit to Russia through Wednesday.

Main battle tank rumbles through mounds of dust
Fighter jets in day-and-night flight training
Amphibious armored vehicles maneuver in formation
MBTs rumble in Gobi desert
Helicopters in night flight
Fighter jets leave for 24-hour flight
Xi, Putin agree to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for new era
Xi says China to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy, hi-tech
Xi meets Putin in Moscow
Xi arrives in Moscow for state visit to Russia
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Main battle tank rumbles through mounds of dust Main battle tank rumbles through mounds of dust

A main battle tank (MBT) attached to a brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army rumbles through mounds of dust on a mountain road during a real-combat training exercise in mid-March, 2023.

Fighter jets in day-and-night flight training Fighter jets in day-and-night flight training

​A ground crew member assigned to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command signals the pilot to taxi the fighter jet into the hangar during a day-and-night flight training exercise in early March, 2023.

Amphibious armored vehicles maneuver in formation Amphibious armored vehicles maneuver in formation

Amphibious armored vehicles attached to a brigade of the PLA 73rd Group Army make their way in formation during a maritime driving training exercise in mid-March, 2023.

MBTs rumble in Gobi desert MBTs rumble in Gobi desert

A main battle tank attached to a tank element under the PLA 77th Group Army rumbles through a mound of dust en route to a designated field during a field training exercise in northwest China’s Gobi desert in mid March, 2023.

Helicopters in night flight Helicopters in night flight

A helicopter attached to a brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command participates in a round-the-clock flight training exercise in mid March, 2023.

Fighter jets leave for 24-hour flight Fighter jets leave for 24-hour flight

J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command taxi down the flightline in formation before takeoff for a 24-hour flight training exercise recently.

Xi, Putin agree to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for new era Xi, Putin agree to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for new era

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. They had sincere, friendly and fruitful talks on the bilateral ties and major regional and international issues of mutual interest, and reached new, important common understandings in many fields.

Xi says China to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy, hi-tech Xi says China to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy, hi-tech

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China is ready to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy and hi-tech areas.

Xi meets Putin in Moscow Xi meets Putin in Moscow

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin on his arrival in Moscow on Monday.

Xi arrives in Moscow for state visit to Russia Xi arrives in Moscow for state visit to Russia

At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Monday afternoon for a state visit to Russia through Wednesday.

Main battle tank rumbles through mounds of dust
Fighter jets in day-and-night flight training
Amphibious armored vehicles maneuver in formation
MBTs rumble in Gobi desert
Helicopters in night flight
Fighter jets leave for 24-hour flight
Xi, Putin agree to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for new era
Xi says China to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy, hi-tech
Xi meets Putin in Moscow
Xi arrives in Moscow for state visit to Russia
China, Japan, and the ROK with strong comprehensive national strength and close personnel and economic exchanges are supposed to start from historical experiences and lessons to explore a new path of peaceful cooperation and development, rather than repeat the old path of confrontation and conflict.
There are those in the West inclined to frame the relationship between Beijing and Moscow by using the traditional geopolitical term of "allies." Their assessment is wrong.
​Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday held phone talks with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic counselor to French President Emmanuel Macron, at the latter's request.
A Chinese envoy on Thursday called for the Security Council to address the adverse impact of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
On March 23, the US guided-missile destroyer USS Milius illegally entered the territorial waters near China's Xisha Islands without Chinese government's permission.
The eighth medical expert team sent by Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to Laos has organized training on emergency medical response for the staff of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC) here in the Lao capital.
The Chinese troops participating in the China-Cambodia Golden Dragon-2023 joint exercise arrived at the Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia, on March 19 and completed the debarkation of the equipment with high efficiency.
Recently, a combined-arms brigade under the PLA 71st Group Army were equipped with many types of new equipment including new-type multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) , air defense missile, command vehicle and ammunition supply vehicle.
Recently, China's first batch of five J-11B female pilot cadets, with the average age of 23, completed the general flying technique training at the Air Force Xi'an Flying College, and carried out their first solo flights successfully.
The 21st Chinese peacekeeping Level-1+ Hospital to United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) sent medical personnel to Kafahama village in the south of Lebanon on March 13, local time, to provide humanitarian assistance to the local people.
The 21st Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-Role Engineering Company to UNIFIL disposed of an explosive device found near the UN-demarcated “Blue Line” on March 3, 2023, local time.
On March 1, local time, the 26th Chinese peacekeeping Level-II Hospital to UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) passed the UN equipment inspection in the 2nd quarter with high standards.
The 21st Chinese peacekeeping Level-1+ Hospital to UNIFIL completed its tasks in the Angel Rescue Exercise, an emergency medical rescue drill organized by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on February 21, local time.
The 43rd Chinese naval escort taskforce set sail for the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia from a military port in Zhanjiang city, southeast China's Guangdong province, on the morning of January 10.
With the assistance of two tugboats, the supply ship CNS Kekexilihu attached to the 42nd Chinese naval escort taskforce pulled off from the port of Djibouti after completing the in-port replenishment there on November 29, local time.
The 41st naval escort taskforce of the Chinese PLA returned to a military port in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province, on November15, after completing escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia.
A Chinese navy fleet returned to the port city of Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday after completing its mission of escorting civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden and in the waters off Somalia.
In the past two days, the PLA Western Theater Command steadfastly implemented the important instructions made by President Xi Jinping, immediately activated the contingency plan.
Over 2,700 military and armed police personnel have been dispatched, as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, to assist with disaster response after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday.
At 15:30 Spet.5, the aviation troops, engineering troops and medical service troops assigned to the 77th Group Army finished preparations and waited for order to set out.
Forty-six people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said at a press briefing.
"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.
Recently, a mobile detachment under the People's Armed Police (PAP) Force Yunnan Contingent conducted a large-scale joint counter-terrorism exercise involving multiple specialties.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under Secretary General of the United Nations Department of Peace Operations said on June 5 that the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) is strengthening the troop construction and has made "substantial and encouraging progress", and an ongoing major military operation, code-named Sama "progressing well".
China showed determination and confidence in anti-terrorism, as well as the improvement of China's emergency counter-terrorism capability.
An event commemorating the 5th anniversary of the photo exhibition wall honoring the Flying Tigers was held in Los Angeles, US, on March 18.
If the United States wants to make a positive contribution to the recovery of Iraq it needs to do more by at least helping repair the damage it inflicted on the country, analysts say.

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The Russian and Chinese navies will operate in the Sea of Japan in the upcoming Vostok 2022 strategic drills, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin told a briefing for foreign military attaches on Monday.
Russia is not concerned over China's growing defense potential as it enjoys the highest level of relations with the country and is itself ramping up its armed forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Russia Calling! investment forum sponsored by VTB Capital on Tuesday.
U.S. military invasion of Iraq 20 years ago was largely framed in news media to meet strategic objectives, and the skewed media narratives continue to hide many truths, said an opinion piece published on the website of Al Jazeera on Monday.
Although an absolute minority, the US and UK, among others, have hindered a substantive ban and restrictions on the use of depleted uranium under international law, exposing flaws in the current international order.