Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the PLA Navy in the South China Sea last April. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the PLA Navy in the South China Sea last April. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the PLA Navy in the South China Sea last April. Photo: Xinhua
China /  Military

PLA invites world’s navies to 70th anniversary review, France and Russia may send aircraft carriers

  • The event is expected to be a show of military might and amity as Beijing polishes its image as a rising power
  • The French navy is likely to send its flagship Charles de Gaulle warship and Russia may send the Admiral Kuznetsov, a Chinese source said

Topic |   China’s military
Minnie Chan
Minnie Chan

Updated: 11:50pm, 11 Mar, 2019

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Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the PLA Navy in the South China Sea last April. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the PLA Navy in the South China Sea last April. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the PLA Navy in the South China Sea last April. Photo: Xinhua
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