China's People's Daily published commentaries on Friday reiterating Beijing's rejection of the 2016 South China Sea arbitration ruling, calling it a "destabilising force" and urging the Philippines to engage in direct talks.
Beijing rejects boundary talks with Japan and Philippines, citing illegality and invalidity, amid escalating territorial disputes and joint naval patrols in contested waters.
A Chinese village director, Tian Ruliang, earned the nickname "Mud Buddha" after a photo showed him covered in mud while evacuating residents during heavy rainfall and a potential landslide in Shanghongyan Village, Yunnan province.
China has enhanced its maritime search and rescue capabilities to operate at depths exceeding 4,000 metres, utilizing advanced underwater drones and deep-towed systems to support its expanding presence in deep and remote waters.
China’s maritime rescue authorities have expanded their ability to carry out deep sea search and rescue operations beyond 4,000 metres (13,100 feet), according to state media. People’s Daily, the Communist Party mouthpiece, credited the development of hi-tech equipment for the shift, which it described as “marking the formal transition of China’s transport rescue and salvage forces” to being able to carry out practical operations at such depths. The Nanhai Rescue Bureau, the body responsible for...
China’s maritime rescue authorities have expanded their deep sea search and rescue operations beyond 4,000 metres, according to People’s Daily. The development, credited to hi-tech equipment including underwater drones and deep-towed systems capable of operating at depths up to 6,000 metres, marks what state media called the formal transition of China’s transport rescue and salvage forces to practical deep-water operations. The South China Sea has an average depth of 1,212 metres and reaches a maximum of 5,559 metres.
As key allies turn away and war costs soar, the US military campaign against Iran is spurring a growing consensus among Chinese observers and state media – that Washington’s unrivalled global dominance is crumbling. Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily issued a sharp critique on Thursday, warning that the United States’ shift from an “international rule-builder” to a “predatory hegemon” would ultimately undermine its prosperity and influence. “In the post-Cold War era, while the...
