Tag Archives: Navy

Chinese warships enter the western Pacific

Early yesterday morning, Chinese warships passed through the Miyako Strait (or the Gonggu Strait 宫古海峡 in Chinese) just south-west of Okinawa, heading out in the western Pacific for the purpose of carrying out “routine training exercises”. The front page of the Shenzhen Evening … Continue reading

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Flag raising ceremony held on China’s first aircraft carrier

Various front pages in China today feature glowing reports of China’s first aircraft carrier on whose platform a flag raising ceremony was held yesterday. Yet the fact that it happened is just about everything we know for sure about the … Continue reading

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PKU makes sure doctors are slim and tall

The Peking University Medical School recently released admission standards that disqualify applicants deemed overweight, short, or who have liver conditions.

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Promote your lemonade with a kissing competition

Today’s Dongguan Times features a big photo on its cover showing a young couple kissing each other while each standing on one foot.

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Parents of kidnapped children take to streets in Dongguan

New Express: hundreds of parents took to street to distribute fliers with information about their missing children in Dongguan yesterday.

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Chinese sailors moon U.S. spy ship

Chinese sailors moon a U.S. ship towing sonar equipment to spy on Chinese submarines.

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Chinese newspapers on the cargo ship sinking

The covers of today’s newspapers are dominated by the news that a Chinese ship sank in Russian waters on February 14.

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A battle to the death for the Nansha islands

Elite Reference (青年参考) reports on remarks from Rear Admiral Amable Tolentino regarding the Spratly islands.

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