Opinions
People’s Liberation Army Second to None
Within these 90 years the PLA has upheld it’s traditions and discipline to be second to none and held a meritorious record.
90 years on: the PLA is a valuable legacy to China and the world
Nine decades later, China’s army is in the process of wide-ranging modernization with the aim of reducing its size while upgrading its technological prowess.
Could we see more military co-operation between UK and China?
A meeting was held at the Chinese Embassy between UK and Chinese military officers. Ambassador Liu Xiaoming met with General Sir Christopher Deverell, Commander of the UK's Joint Forces Command, at the embassy.
China's Djibouti base not for military expansion
The support base China has just opened in Africa, which is meant for supply missions, is not a military outpost built to boost the country's military presence and play deterrent roles in the region.
China's increasing military power based on innovation
China's first homemade aircraft carrier hit the water. The construction of the type 001A ship began in 2013 and almost finished four years later in the Dalian shipyard. This is the country's second aircraft carrier following the acquisition of Liaoning which had been built in Ukraine.
The return of Wang Qi to enhance Sino-Indian ties
He is 77-year-old veteran Wang Qi, now better known by his Indian name Raj Bahadur. He was an ex-Chinese Army surveyor who got stuck in India for 54 years.