Category: warship

China in Focus (April 6): US Warship in East China Sea Near Shanghai

April 6, 2021
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A U.S. warship enters the East China Sea and heads close to China’s biggest city after a Chinese aircraft carrier passed through an important Japanese waterway. Amid Beijing’s increasing aggression in the Indo-Pacific, the German defense minister says the West “must not be the weaker one.” Major League Baseball expands its contract with a Chinese…

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No Plans to Change Warships Despite PBO Cost Warning, Top Official Says

April 4, 2021
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OTTAWA—Canada’s top military procurement official says there are no plans to change directions on the construction of a fleet of new Navy warships despite a recent warning about escalating costs from Parliament’s budget watchdog. In an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press, Troy Crosby, the assistant deputy minister of materiel at the Department of National…

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US Calls German Warship’s Plan to Sail South China Sea Support for Rules-Based Order

March 4, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The United States on Wednesday hailed plans by NATO ally Germany to sail a warship across the contested South China Sea, calling it welcome support for a “rules-based international order” in the region, something Washington says is threatened by China. German government officials said on Tuesday a German frigate would set sail for Asia in…

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