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Beijing, June 23 (ANI): Chinese and US military officials will seek ways to cooperate on various issues, including maritime disputes and nuclear disarmament, when they meet for the 10th Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) here on Tuesday.

“There are many areas for cooperation, despite disagreements. Both sides have the same need for cooperation,” China Daily quoted a [...]

New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Chinese and US navies have been searching for ways to “alleviate disagreements” over international law on maritime rights, a senior military source has said.

The source admitted the two militaries still disagree on how to interpret the international law concerning maritime waters. But both sides have “expressed their views candidly [...]

Beijing – China on Tuesday protested Vietnam’s “illegal” appointment of a governor for the disputed Xisha islands in the South China Sea. “China has indisputable sovereignty over the Xisha islands and their adjacent waters,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement.
Vietnam’s April 25 appointment of a chairman of a People’s Committee for the [...]

New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): The growth of the Chinese Navy is in line with its economy and “it’s no surprise to see it develop the way that it has,” a top US naval officer has said.

“The advancement and growth of the PLA navy is consistent with China’s economic advancement and its role in a [...]

Beijing – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Friday to discuss trade, economic cooperation and a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported.
There was dialogue but no sign of a resolution on the three archipelagos that both countries claim ownership to there.
“Vietnam [...]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will accelerate development of warships, stealth submarines and long-range missiles as the country makes a stronger navy a priority in military modernization, a Chinese admiral told state media.
Admiral Wu Shengli said the Communist Party leadership had ordered the navy to upgrade preparedness to defend the nation’s expanding interests, Chinese newspapers reported [...]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China had planned to announce a $10 billion infrastructure investment fund and offer credit to neighbors at a canceled weekend summit of Asian leaders in Thailand, its foreign minister said.
Anti-government protestors forced the cancellation of the summit in Pattaya after they swarmed into the summit venue.
In an interview with state media on [...]

Washington, April 12 (ANI): A team of scientists, engineers, and yachtsmen are making what they say will be the largest solar boat ever built, with a view to making a trip around the world.

Planet Solar is being built at the Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, Germany.

The 13-million-dollar revolutionary vessel will be 98 feet long [...]

New Delhi, Mar. 25 (ANI): The annual bilateral naval exercises between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy ‘SIMBEX 2009′ commenced in the Andaman Sea on Wednesday.

SIMBEX, an acronym for ‘Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise’, was [...]

Beijing, Mar.20 (ANI): China’s standoff with the United States in the South China Sea appears to have ended through diplomatic efforts, defense sources said on condition of anonymity.

Top commanders do not have plans to increase the military presence in the South China Sea [...]

Beijing – China might convert more naval vessels to patrol disputed areas of the South China Sea to counter illegal fishing and “other countries’ unfounded territorial claims,” state media said Thursday.
China faces new “challenges and complications” in the South China Sea, the official China Daily quoted a senior fisheries official as saying, pointing to [...]

Hong Kong – A humpback whale separated from a migrating group of the marine mammals was trying to find its way out of busy shipping lanes around Hong Kong, enthralling the former British colony.
The plight of the 10-metre adult whale made television and newspaper headlines in the normally money-obsessed city, providing a welcome distraction [...]

Washington, Mar.12 (ANI): President Barack Obama is expected to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and discuss the latest confrontation between American and Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, the White House said on Wednesday. Fox News report said the announcement came just after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]

Washington – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks on Wednesday, just days after the United States accused China of harassing one of its naval vessels in the South China Sea.
The meeting also comes less than a month after Clinton’s trip to Asia – her first [...]

Manila  – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has signed into law a bill defining the country’s territorial boundaries and laying claim to disputed areas in the South China Sea, a top aide said Wednesday.
Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Arroyo signed the Baselines Law on Tuesday despite a strong protest by China over the measure.
“We [...]

Beijing – China said Tuesday a US naval surveillance ship had violated international maritime law by operating inside its exclusive waters, and called US claims of harassment of the vessel “totally unacceptable.”
“China has lodged a solemn representation to the United States as the USNS Impeccable conducted activities in China’s special economic zone in the [...]

Washington, Mar.10 (ANI): Pentagon and US Navy officials have lodged a strong protest with the Chinese Government over the latter’s aggressive shadowing of a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship in international waters Sunday.

Calling for greater respect for maritime law, [...]