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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday and bagged a $10-billion oil deal, pressing on with his diplomatic charm offensive in Asia following a global outcry over the Khashoggi killing. Mohammed arrived in Beijing on Thursday following visits to Pakistan and India, showing the world that his country still has allies after the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. “China is a good […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV) — A fleet of Chinese warships led by China’s first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, conducted a training exercise aimed at testing the operational readiness of the naval vessels and the carrier-based fighter jets upon arrival in an unidentified sea area on Thursday. The drill, which also involved the destroyers Jinan and Yinchuan and the frigate Yantai, focused on examining the fleet’s combat deployment, reconnaissance and early-warning systems, as well as air maneuvers of […]
(CCTV) — Hong Kong residents Saturday started their tour of China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning which is in the Special Administrative Region for a visit. The aircraft carrier, anchored in an open sea area outside the Victoria Harbor, is accompanied by destroyers Jinan and Yinchuan and frigate Yantai, and carrying a squadron of J-15 fighter jets and helicopters. Hong Kong residents began boarding the carrier in the morning. They were amazed by the 3,000-plus cabins […]
(REUTERS) A group of Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south of Taiwan, the self-ruled island’s Defense Ministry said of what China has termed a routine exercise. The move comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, ineligible for state-to-state relations, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with the island’s president that upset […]
(REUTERS) A group of Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier has passed through waters south of Taiwan and is heading southwest, Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Monday of what China has termed a routine exercise. The ministry said the aircraft carrier the Liaoning, accompanied by five other vessels, had passed 90 nautical miles south of Taiwan’s southernmost point on Monday morning via the Bashi Channel, between Taiwan and the Philippines. “Staying […]
