The recent Australian media report that Australian warships were "challenged" by the Chinese military in South China Sea in early April did not accord with the facts, said China's MND in a written statement on Friday.
2018-04-20 16:50China has claimed sending troops to and setting up territorial defense equipment on the islands and reefs of Nansha Islands is the automatic right as a sovereign state.
2018-04-11 08:36The Australian media report completely did not accord with the facts, said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defense, in a written statement on Tuesday.
2018-04-10 22:51It was the natural right of China as a sovereign state to station troops and deploy necessary territory defense facilities on the relevant islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands, defense ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
2018-04-10 22:18China strongly opposed the United States' approving license for Taiwan submarine plan and urged the US to stop all forms of military contact between the US and Taiwan, as well as arms sales to Taiwan, said China's defense spokesperson on Monday.
2018-04-09 23:30Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe will attend the 7th Moscow Conference on International Security and visit Russia and Belarus from April 1 to 8.
2018-03-30 08:22Developing the relations between the Chinese and U.S. militaries requires not only seeing the immediate interests, but also the long-term common interests, a spokesperson of China's MOD said Thursday.
2018-03-30 08:25The Chinese military will strengthen its defense capability according to the degree of the threat to its sovereignty and security, firmly safeguard national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and firmly safeguard regional peace and stability.
2018-03-30 02:13The Chinese navy's recent large-scale training in the South China Sea is "normal and routine" and does not target any third party, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
2018-03-29 23:27China's Ministry of National Defense has said a U.S. warship's entry into the waters around China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea is serious political and military provocation.
2018-03-24 15:00China has lodged stern representations with the United States over a Taiwan-related bill, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said over the weekend.
2018-03-19 08:25The comments made by Japan's National Institute for Defense Studies on the modernization of the Chinese military and China's foreign relations are groundless, said a Chinese military spokesperson.
2018-03-08 08:40China on Tuesday refuted Japan's "China Security Report 2018" as irresponsible and untenable, and urged Japan to view China’s domestic and foreign policies objectively and rationally.
2018-03-07 10:34China firmly opposes the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) published by the United States Department of Defense, a spokesman from China's National Defense Ministry said Sunday.
2018-02-04 15:25A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday reiterated China's position on the Diaoyu Islands, expressing the country's dissatisfaction with Japan's actions.
2018-01-26 20:21The Chinese armed forces will continue the fight against corruption and "break new ground" in 2018, a military spokesman said Thursday.
2018-01-25 22:04A Chinese defense ministry spokesman on Thursday told foreign critics not to waste time drumming up the "China military threat" hype.
2018-01-25 21:57China urged the United States to view China's military construction rationally and objectively amid a new report claiming China and Russia as the top threats to the US military, the Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
2018-01-22 08:00China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said it was "Cold War" mentality for the United States to play up the so-called "Chinese military threat".
2018-01-21 15:04China's Ministry of National Defense has told the United States not to "cause trouble out of nothing," and to respect the sovereignty of China.
2018-01-20 20:42China's defense ministry has expressed strong discontent with Japanese efforts to sensationalize a legitimate action by the Chinese navy, according to the information office of the ministry Thursday.
2018-01-11 22:38China's Defense Ministry Spokesperson Wu Qian made on Wednesday interpretations on the connotative import of the military flag for the armed police force.
2018-01-11 17:56China's armed police will continue to safeguard national security and social stability after its command mechanism adjustment, a Ministry of National Defense spokesman said Thursday.
2017-12-28 22:03The Chinese mainland resolutely opposes any official contact between the United States and Taiwan, said Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense Thursday.
2017-12-28 22:01"History has shown that cooperation is the only correct choice for the development of China-U.S. relations," Ministry of National Defense spokesman Ren Guoqiang told a news briefing Thursday.
2017-12-28 22:00The Chinese defense ministry has called on the United States to be objective and rational regarding the development of the Chinese military.
2017-12-21 14:43China and Russia wrapped up the second "Aerospace Security 2017" Chinese-Russian Joint Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) defense computer command post exercise (CPX) on Dec. 16.
2017-12-18 16:45In accordance with Chinese and Russian militaries' decision, the second "Aerospace Security 2017" Chinese-Russian ABM defense computer CPX has kicked off in Beijing on December 11 as planned, said China's Defense Ministry in a written statement on Monday.
2017-12-12 17:17Senior Colonel Wu Qian:I noted that you had mentioned the word “island chain” several times in your question. I want to emphasize here that no chain can chain China.
2017-11-30 22:07China and the United States held the first meeting between their joint staff departments on Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, said Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, on Thursday.
2017-11-30 21:54China's Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) has detected unexpected and mysterious signals in its measurement of high-energy cosmic rays.
2017-11-30 21:41China and Russia will strengthen their cooperation in air defense and the anti-missile field, according to the Chinese Ministry of National Defense Thursday.
2017-11-30 21:47China's ongoing military drills are not aimed at any country, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said on Thursday in response to assumptions that the drills are meant to pressure North Korea.
2017-11-30 22:03The Chinese and Russian militaries will hold the second "Aerospace Security - 2017" computerized staff-command exercise in Beijing from Dec. 11 to 16.
2017-11-17 17:12Taiwan is a part of China. We have reiterated repeatedly that we are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity and utmost efforts.
2017-10-27 00:05Chinese and Russian militaries will hold a joint anti-missile drill based on computer simulations this year, according to the Chinese Ministry of National Defense.
2017-10-26 21:35The Chinese military has made big strides over the past five years in international cooperation and exchange, a delegate from the Ministry of National Defense said on Sunday.
2017-10-23 08:21The Chinese Defense Ministry on Wednesday voiced strong opposition to the unauthorized entry of a U.S. warship into China's waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea.
2017-10-11 21:22China's latest J-20 stealth fighter has been officially commissioned into military service, according to Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.
2017-09-28 20:42China has made "enormous" efforts to help address the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, said Wu Qian, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.
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