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Chinese military rebuts US military's smear on aircraft encounter
The Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command released a written statement on Saturday night to rebut the US military's recent smear, saying that the US deliberately misled the public opinion, distorted fact, blamed the innocent and attempted to fool the international community.
2023-01-01 10:00 -
PLA Macao Garrison completes 23th troops rotation
The Macao Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) completed the 23th rotation of its troops on August 29.
2022-08-30 16:30 -
PLA garrison in Hong Kong completes 25th routine rotation
The Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Monday completed the 25th rotation since it began garrisoning Hong Kong in 1997.
2022-08-30 08:48 -
PLA Hong Kong Garrison conducts maritime training exercise
Recently, guided-missile frigates Suqian (Hull 666) and Jingmen (Hull 667) attached to the PLA Hong Kong Garrison conducted a multi-subject maritime training exercise in waters off Hong Kong.
2022-06-09 10:23 -
Naval aviation troops conduct nighttime flight training
A naval aviation brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command recently carried out a nighttime flight training exercise, the first flight training in the wee hours for this year, to examine the troops' rapid maneuver and air combat capability in the nighttime.
2022-06-08 11:09 -
Naval ships conduct beach landing exercise in South China Sea
Three landing ships attached to a landing ship flotilla with the PLA Navy, including Kunlunshan, Laotieshan and Songshan, conducted a beach landing exercise in waters of the South China Sea days ago.
2022-06-06 18:09 -
Frigates conduct maritime combat drill
In early May, frigates Enshi (Hull 627) and Wuzhou (Hull 626) assigned toa frigate flotilla of the navy under the PLA Southern Theatre Command conducted a high-intensity multi-subject combat training exercise at a sea area to verify the troops' operational commanding and coordinating abilities in realistic battalefield scenario.
2022-05-15 15:54 -
PLA naval helicopter transfers injured building workers at night
Upon receiving the rescue notification, a naval aviation unit stationed on Xisha Islands under the PLA Southern Theater Command immediately dispatched a helicopter to transfer the patients to Sanya City.
2022-04-15 11:33 -
Rear admiral Lai Ruxin appointed political commissar of PLA Hong Kong Garrison
Navy Rear Admiral Lai Ruxin, former deputy director of the political work department of the PLA Northern Theater Command, was appointed political commissar of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, said Colonel Wu Tao, spokesperson for the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, on March 28, 2022.
2022-03-29 17:26 -
Military rescue forces rush to plane crash site
China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, en route from Kunming to Guangzhou, lost contact and crashed over Wuzhou city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 14:38 on March 21. The PLA Southern Theater Command launched the emergency response mechanism at the news.
2022-03-22 11:23 -
China appoints new commander of PLA HK Garrison
Major General Peng Jingtang, former deputy chief of staff of the People's Armed Police Force (PAP), has been appointed as the commander of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison.
2022-01-10 16:59 -
Fighter jets get ready for midnight flight
Pilots assigned to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command perform pre-flight procedures inside the cockpit and taxi their fighter jet out of hangar during a midnight flight training exercise on September 26, 2021.
2021-10-14 17:16 -
Chinese teams begin adaptive training in Belarus before IAG 2021
On August 17, local time, the Chinese team participating in the “Polar Star” special forces competition of the International Army Games (IAG) 2021 arrived at the "Brest" training ground in Belarus, and immediately engaged in adaptive training.
2021-08-20 16:47 -
PLA brigade braces for tank biathlon of IAG 2021
Soldiers from a brigade under the PLA 75th Group Army are making final-stage preparations for the Tank Biathlon event of International Army Games (IAG) 2021, which will take place at the Alabino training ground in Russia soon.
2021-08-04 16:38 -
First echelon of 20th Chinese peacekeeping force to Lebanon set out
The first echelon's 205 members of the 20th Chinese peacekeeping force to Lebanon left from Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province for Lebanon on July 28.
2021-07-30 11:33 -
Chinese peacekeeping multifunctional engineer contingent to Lebanon passes pre-mission test
The 20th Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineer contingent to Lebanon has recently completed the pre-mission test. All peacekeepers of the contingent have passed the assessment with excellent performance and reached the standards for carrying peacekeeping tasks.
2021-07-13 17:24 -
China, Vietnam navies wrap up 30th joint patrol in Beibu Gulf
The 30th joint patrol in the Beibu Gulf, conducted by the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command and the Vietnam People's Navy, wrapped up successfully on June 25.
2021-06-30 17:48 -
China, Vietnam wrap up 29th joint patrol in Beibu Gulf
The 29th joint patrol in the Beibu Gulf, conducted recently by the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command and the Vietnam People's Navy according to relevant agreements and routine annual plans between the Chinese and Vietnamese armed forces, wrapped up successfully.
2020-12-10 16:31 -
New combat boots well-received in PLA Nansha Garrison
Recently, the new tropical combat boots for islands and reefs environment have been delivered to the PLA Nansha garrison.
2020-11-20 17:45 -
PLA Navy carries out off-shore replenishment drill in South China Sea
Recently, a naval auxiliary ship group under the PLA Southern Theater Command conducted an off-shore replenishment drill in waters of the South China Sea and completed the task of replenishing oil and water for island without docking.
2020-11-06 18:40 -
1st domestically developed aircraft carrier commissioned
China commissioned CNS Shandong — its second aircraft carrier and the first such ship wholly designed and built in the country — in Sanya, Hainan province, on Tuesday afternoon.
2019-12-17 18:40 -
China commissions 2nd aircraft carrier
The commissioning marked China’s entry into an age of double carriers, an achievement only a few countries in the world have accomplished, experts said.
2019-12-17 18:49 -
PLA garrison in Hong Kong completes 22nd routine rotation
The Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Thursday morning completed the 22nd rotation since it began garrisoning Hong Kong in 1997.
2019-08-29 21:39 -
PLA garrison in Macao completes 20th routine rotation
The Macao Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Thursday morning completed the 20th rotation since it began garrisoning Macao in 1999.
2019-08-29 21:36 -
PLA Hong Kong garrison not 'strawmen'; Central govt could interfere: official
The Chinese PLA Garrison in Hong Kong is not a "strawman," but could step in to contain the violent unrest in the Chinese city when necessary to protect the country's "one country, two systems" principle in Hong Kong, an official at China's top legislature said on Saturday.
2019-08-25 22:07 -
Mobile howitzers help Tibet border defense
The PLA stationed in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has been equipped with new vehicle-mounted howitzers, which aims to boost their high-altitude combat capability to improve border security.
2019-01-08 08:25 -
China, Thailand kick off "Joint Strike-2019" counter-terrorism exercise
The opening ceremony of the China-Thailand "Joint Strike-2019" anti-terrorism exercise was held at ICCA in Bangkok on January 3. This is the first time that China conducted exercise with Thailand's ICCA.
2019-01-07 17:40 -
Minesweeping operations along China-Myanmar border kick off
The Army of PLA Southern Theater Command started the emergency minesweeping operations along the border of China and Myanmar in the city of Mangshi of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province on December 27.
2018-12-29 17:08 -
China's first theater command spokesperson makes debut appearance
A spokesperson for the Southern Theater Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently made his debut public appearance.
2018-12-03 21:47 -
Xi inspects PLA Southern Theater Command, stresses advancing commanding ability
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inspected the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army and stressed advancing capacity-building for commanding.
2018-10-26 21:46 -
Hong Kong military garrison mounts its ‘biggest’ anti-terror drill
Air, sea and land forces from the People’s Liberation Army’s Hong Kong garrison have mounted their biggest anti-terror drill in the city since the base was established in 1997, according to state media.
2018-08-15 15:59 -
Minesweeping operation in Guangxi yields good results
In a new round of minesweeping operation along the Guangxi section of the China-Vietnam border, a minesweeping detachment sent by a frontier defense brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command completed demining operations in two minefields in late March.
2018-04-02 19:50 -
Chinese troops depart for anti-terror joint drill in Cambodia
A total of 216 soldiers from the PLA Army's 75th Group Army under the Southern Theater Command departed Monday morning from Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan province for Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, to participate in a joint anti-terrorism training.
2018-03-13 17:19