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United States Navy Captain Brett Crozier is dismissed as the commander of the USS "Theodore Roosevelt" aircraft carrier after he publicly raised concerns about a COVID-19 outbreak on the ship. U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly says the commander "exercised extremely poor judgement". At least 100 people aboard the vessel have been reportedly infected.
2020-04-2

"Shandong", the first fully domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier, enters naval service.
2019-12-17

The death toll from yesterday's landslide in Taining County in China's Fujian province rises to 14 with 25 still missing,
2016-05-9

Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera states that the country has lodged a protest with China after a People's Liberation Army Navy frigate directed weapon-targeting radar at a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer near the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2013-02-5

Senkaku Islands dispute: Seven People's Liberation Army Navy warships are spotted by Japanese helicopters outside Japanese territorial waters near Yonaguni.
2012-10-16

The People's Republic of China's first aircraft carrier, the refitted Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, commences its first sea trial under the Chinese flag.
2011-08-10

The Chinese Navy announces that it is building its first aircraft carrier in the city of Dalian to be launched later in 2011.
2011-06-8

A petition is delivered to the Chinese parliament by underground Christian churches asking for their religious freedom to be respected.
2011-05-12

Almost all of 169 Chinese Christians detained on Sunday, after they tried to hold an outdoor prayer session, are released; the unofficial Chinese church vows to hold more services.
2011-04-12

China says Google is "totally wrong" to stop censoring its search results.
2010-03-23