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1. Comment - Letters

   Switch to 'military use' not in treaty

   Posted May 15th 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... to be handed over to the PLA for the defence of Hong Kong, this site was not one of them. The treaty only provided that: "150 metres of the permanent waterfront near the Prince of Wales Barracks ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1237841/switch-military-use-not-treaty
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   China's hunger for energy feeds its naval ambitions

   Posted May 08th 2013, 12:00am by Hooman Peimani

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Defence Navy PLA Energy Hooman Peimani Hooman Peimani says security for its sea cargo and fuel tankers may rely on its expansion plan Defence ministry spokesman Colonel Yang Yujun recently announced the readiness of China's aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, for its first blue-water trials this year, much sooner than the West imagined. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1232434/chinas-hunger-energy-feeds-its-naval-ambitions
3. News - China - MILITARY

   PLA cuts back on pomp and ceremony

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... for cutbacks to pomp and ceremony. The PLA Daily has carried a series of commentaries and reports since Sunday, highlighting some military units' achievements in a recent campaign against waste ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135467/pla-cuts-back-pomp-and-ceremony
4. News - China - MILITARY

   PLA officials say troops are to prepare for war amid territorial disputes with Japan

   Posted Jan 15th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... News China Diaoyu Islands Japan PLA Choi Chi-yuk chiyuk.choi@scmp.com 'Hard and rigorous' training planned amid territorial tension with Japan, officials declare, but observers rubbish 'loud propaganda' The PLA aims to beef up its troops' combat readiness and prepare for actual war situations through exercises this year, according to the latest annual ... lyono Jan 15th 2013 7:17pm let's have jp asses for lunch! new --> johnrai7 Jan 15th 2013 3:53pm Good luck to PLA... ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1128164/pla-officials-say-troops-are-prepare-war-amid-territorial-disputes-japan
5. News - China - PROFILE

   PLA hawk Ma Xiaotian flying ever higher

   Posted Oct 25th 2012, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... Ma Xiaotian PLA Military Minnie Chan minnie.chan@scmp.com Ma Xioatian, new commander of the PLA’s air force and outspoken as the military’s foreign affairs chief, has been a rising star since his 20s ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1068931/pla-hawk-ma-xiaotian-flying-ever-higher
6. News - China - DEFENCE

   Progress slow in developing fighter jets, Major General Zhu Heping says

   Posted Apr 06th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... about the constraints facing the PLA in an interview with the South China Morning Post . He said one key hindrance was the state of the country's machinery industry, even though the PLA had ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1208114/progress-slow-developing-fighter-jets-major-general-zhu-heping-says
7. Comment - Blogs

   Chinese military to issue new number plates in bid to curb abuse

   Posted Apr 02nd 2013, 04:33pm by Patrick Boehler

   ... Comment Blogs News China Military vehicles PLA Jackie Chan Patrick Boehler On May 1, the People’s Liberation Army will introduce new car number plates in an effort to quell rampant abuse of military vehicles. The roll-out of new plates was announced during a video conference by the PLA’s General Staff Headquarters and other high-level military departments with state media on March 31, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1205569/military-issue-new-number-plates-curb-abuse
8. News - China - DEFENCE

   China to boost maritime training, says PLA Navy's Jiang Weilie

   Posted Apr 02nd 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... such as Vietnam and the Philippines. Wong said the PLA Navy's successful training posed a real threat to those countries. "Jiang's hidden message is that the navy will fully back up ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1205148/china-boost-maritime-training-says-pla-navys-jiang-weilie
9. News - China - MILITARY

   US destroyer and PLA warship team up on drill

   Posted Sep 19th 2012, 12:00am by Greg Torode

   ... the guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill team up with the PLA naval frigate Yiyang, a modern multi-role warship. They staged a mock boarding, search and seizure operation on a suspected ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1040196/us-destroyer-and-pla-warship-team-drill
10. News - China

    Guangzhou military official suspended in plane assault

    Posted Sep 04th 2012, 01:56pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

    ... News China PLA Guangzhou Sina Weibo Agence France-Presse in Beijing A Chinese military official has been suspended and placed under investigation over accusations of a drunken assault on a flight attendant, state media said on Tuesday. Fang Daguo was suspended from his job with the armed forces department of the southern city of Guangzhou, the state-run China Daily said, after ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1029304/guangzhou-military-official-suspended-plane-assault

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