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China says response to Japanese planes' actions reasonable, professional: The response of Chinese military aircraft to the Japanese planes repeatedly conducting close reconnaissance in the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone was entirely reasonable and professional, a Chinese defense spokesman said on Sunday morning.

07-13 16:42:10

Int'l sniper competition to be held in NW China's Xinjiang: A Chinese defense spokesperson on Tuesday announced that the Sharp Blade-2025 International Sniper Competition will be held in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in mid-July.

07-08 23:06:02

Thousands of PLA personnel deployed to flood-hit Rongjiang: More than 9,200 military personnel and 14,000 militia members have been mobilized to help with flood rescue in Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, a defense spokesman said on Tuesday.

07-08 22:56:29

Chinese military voices confidence in fighting "Taiwan independence" separatists: The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has the confidence and the capability to shatter all "Taiwan independence" separatist illusions, said a Chinese defense spokesperson on Tuesday.

07-08 22:43:22

Military Services

Chinese military conducts combat-readiness patrol around Huangyan Dao: The Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command organized its naval and air forces to conduct a combat-readiness patrol in the territorial waters and airspace of China's Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas on Thursday.

07-03 17:40:37

Chinese military launches "Strait Thunder 2025A" exercise in middle and southern sea areas of Taiwan Strait: "The Chinese PLA Eastern Theater Command (ETC) carried out military exercise code-named 'Strait Thunder 2025A' in the middle and southern sea areas of the Taiwan Strait on April 2," said Army Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Chinese PLA ETC, in a written statement on Wednesday.

04-02 09:40:11

Multiple forces of PLA Eastern Theater Command conduct joint exercises around Taiwan Island: The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday started to conduct joint exercises around Taiwan Island, said a spokesperson.

04-01 08:02:21

PLA expels three Philippine aircraft illegally intruding into airspace over Nansha Qundao: Spokesperson: "On February 20, two C-208 aircraft and one N-22 aircraft of the Philippine Air Force illegally intruded into the airspace near the islands and reefs of China's Nansha Qundao. The Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command monitored the whole process, warned and expelled them," said a spokesperson for Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command.

02-21 14:16:16

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Chinese FM elaborates on South China Sea issue: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday spoke to reporters about the South China Sea issue in response to questions while attending annual ASEAN Plus foreign ministers' meetings here.

07-12 20:19:27

Chinese FM spokesperson's remarks on Philippines' statement on 9th Anniversary of "2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea": China's position on the "2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea" is consistent and clear. The "award" is nothing but a piece of waste paper that is illegal, null and void, and non-binding, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said here Saturday.

07-12 20:19:27

China backs SE Asia as a nuclear-weapon-free zone: China on Thursday reaffirmed its support for a nuclear-weapon-free Southeast Asia after Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said China would sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready.

07-10 19:46:56

China urges U.S. to stop advancing so-called Taiwan-related act: spokesperson: China urges the United States to abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqués, and stop advancing the so-called Taiwan-related act, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

07-03 20:29:04

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Mainland: DPP authorities' 'military exercise' can't change inevitable failure of 'Taiwan independence': No matter how many "exercises" the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities conduct, it cannot change the inevitable failure of "Taiwan independence," a Chinese mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.

07-09 23:18:43

Mainland spokesperson: 'Taiwan independence' separatism greatest disaster to island: The so-called "10 lectures on unity" delivered by Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te have again exposed his sinister intent to rely on foreign forces to seek "Taiwan independence" and use military means to pursue independence, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.

07-02 23:28:19

Mainland spokesperson slams Taiwan leader's "independence" remarks: Lai's speech, full of lies and deceptions, deliberately distorted and fragmented history, blatantly peddled the fallacies of "Taiwan independence" and attempted to create grounds to concoct an "independence" narrative, said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, when responding to a media query.

06-24 11:10:25

Chinese UN envoy condemns U.S. strikes on Iran nuke sites: China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Sunday condemned the United States for its strikes on Iranian nuclear sites at an emergency meeting of the Security Council.

06-23 11:14:16