China is keen to expand its naval fleet but doing so is a costly business. Photo: AFP

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Topic | China military

Minnie Chan

Published: 6:24pm, 26 May, 2019

Updated: 11:22pm, 26 May, 2019

China is keen to expand its naval fleet but doing so is a costly business. Photo: AFP

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Minnie Chan

Minnie Chan is an award-winning journalist, specialising in reporting on defence and diplomacy in China. Her coverage of the US EP-3 spy plane crash with a PLA J-8 in 2001 near the South China Sea opened her door to the military world. Since then, she has had several scoops relating to China's military development. She has been at the Post since 2005 and has a master's in international public affairs from The University of Hong Kong.