Eyeing India, Japan and US: China holds exercise with latest ballistic missilesSignificantly the PLA, which is secretive about its weapons systems, has released a video of the recent exercise of its troops employing th...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.41 PM IST
PLA plans war games instead of military parade on 90th anniversary: ReportXi Jinping has ordered war games over military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA on August 1, Hong Kong-based ...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
China deploys Su-35 jets in South China Sea to counter US patrolsThe Chinese air force recently sent its Su-35 fighter jets to take part in a joint combat patrol over the South China Sea, the Chinese air ...
08 Feb, 2018, 09.41 PM IST
PLA steps up drills in plateau region post-Doklam: MediaThe drills included by the Chinese navy at Djibouti base in the Indian Ocean, which was officially stated to be a logistics base.
12 Jan, 2018, 01.51 PM IST
Xi Jinping orders PLA to form elite combat forceXi ordered the Chinese military to strengthen combat readiness and put military training in a strategic position, the PLA Daily, official n...
04 Jan, 2018, 08.00 PM IST
New long range missile may be inducted into PLA next year: ReportThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force on Sunday showed five models of China's homemade conventional and nuclear missiles.
20 Nov, 2017, 11.31 AM IST
China to downsize army to under a million in biggest troop cutThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China will increase the numbers of other services, including navy and missile forces.
12 Jul, 2017, 09.34 AM IST
China to launch its first home-made aircraft carrier this yearChina had commissioned its first aircraft carrier Liaoning in 2012. The ship is refit of a hull made in the former Soviet Union.
15 Feb, 2017, 09.57 PM IST
China's military not to scrap its art troupesThe art troupe formerly under the general political department of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will continue to exist under a new nam...
21 Mar, 2016, 05.51 PM IST
Chinese jets train with missiles in South China Sea after standoff with USThe jets belonged to the South Sea Fleet and the training was carried out from an airstrip in the South China Sea.
02 Nov, 2015, 08.01 PM IST
China starts naval drills in disputed South China Sea"The drills are regular military exercises scheduled in the annual plan, without targeting any other country," the Ministry of National Def...
23 Jul, 2015, 03.16 PM IST
China test fires 10,000-km range nuclear missile that can reach most of US and European citiesThe People's Liberation Army, (PLA) launched a Dongfeng-31B on September 25 from the Wuzhai Missile and Space Test Centre.
04 Oct, 2014, 04.48 PM IST
China to hold first combat drill with 'opposition forces'Chinese naval and air forces will hold their first joint air combat drill with "opposition forces" pitting their personnel through realisti...
20 Aug, 2014, 05.29 PM IST
- China confirms building its first aircraft carrier by refurbishing a Soviet vessel
The move will put it on a par with India, which has one aircraft carrier in the INS Viraat.
09 Jun, 2011, 09.31 AM IST
- 26-year-old woman China's richest person
Yang Huiyan, whose father runs the Hong Kong-listed Country Garden Holdings Ltd. for which he is an executive director of the board, has a ...
11 Oct, 2007, 04.34 AM IST
- Self-made richest lady recycles trash
US trash has made Zhang Yin World's self-made richest woman ahead of chat show host Oprah.
17 Jan, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Young tycoons top Forbes rich list for China
A 37-year-old appliance merchant topped a list of China’s richest businesspeople released Thursday by the business magazine Forbes, leading...
03 Nov, 2006, 02.12 AM IST