THE Chinese Embassy in Manila has sent feelers to the Department of Foreign Affairs asking if the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) can hold a joint patrol mission, according to AFP chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. However, he immediately denied,…
Chinese and Russian militaries conducted a joint aerial strategic patrol in the Asia-Pacific region on Wednesday, the first time Chinese aircraft have landed in Russia and Russian aircraft have landed in China in such a joint patrol.
State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe called on Wednesday for world solidarity and fairness instead of division and hegemony, as he told his counterparts from Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific countries that world peace is facing major challenges.
China on Thursday announced even more military diplomatic activities with Southeast Asian countries following the country s defense chief s attendance of the ninth ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) this week, in a move experts said will bolster trust, cooperation and joint defense capability in the region, and which will build immunity against external instigations and fears that a Ukraine-like crisis could happen in the Asia-Pacific in the form of the Taiwan question or the South China Sea issue.