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Observers see a pattern in recent exercises suggesting Beijing is testing its ability to restrict other countries’ access to the island. Source link

PLA Navy carrier strike group carries out battle exercises south of Okinawa and east of Taiwan, closely monitored by Japan Source link

The Liaoning escorted on ‘routine mission’ by seven warships, including the PLA Navy’s most powerful destroyer. Source link

Four of the country’s most advanced Type 055 destroyers have been operating in the Yellow Sea near their home base. Source link

A year after President Xi Jinping declared an end to extreme poverty in China, the economic fallout from Beijing’s zero-Covid ambitions is taking a hefty toll on livelihoods, especially in poorer regions. Source link

China has become a close ally of Russia, and is seen by some as tacitly backing Moscow’s war in Ukraine. But China also has strong economic and defence ties with Ukraine – it is the eastern European nation’s biggest trading partner, and Kyiv helped Beijing to modernise its military.In recent …

A cross-border truck driver in China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, as six cities across the country reported 28 confirmed cases.According to Shenzhen authorities, the 35-year-old man had been delivering goods to the Man Kam To Control Point leading to Hong Kong’s northern New …

A US Navy commander has spoken for the first time about a photograph of Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning taken from its guided missile destroyer USS Mustin during their close encounter in the disputed South China Sea last year.Vice-Admiral Roy Kitchener, commander of US Naval Surface Forces, said the USS …