China / Highlights

Rescue vessel eyed for Nansha

[2016-05-23 03:00]

China is considering deploying an advanced rescue ship that could carry drones and underwater robots to the Nansha Islands to help ships in trouble.

Reminders of history and sovereignty

[2016-05-23 21:33]

They still stand. Weathered and baked by the sun, certainly, but they stand as icons of defiance. When people visit China's Yongxing Island in the South China Sea for the first time, residents proudly point out these symbols of China's sovereignty: a three-story gun tower and a meter-high stone with red lettering that marks the return of the island to Chinese sovereignty after the war from occupying Japanese forces.

New lighthouses make sea safer

[2016-05-23 08:29]

China is perfecting maritime navigation aids for civilian vessels in the South China Sea, as the country has built two lighthouses and four beacons on the Xisha Islands.

Behind South China Sea tensions, US tries to maintain domination

[2016-05-26 09:29]

Interfering in the South China Sea dispute has demonstrated the United States' real intention of maintaining domination over global issues.

Fisherman recalls race to save lives after Typhoon Hagibis

[2016-05-23 08:29]

Wang Qingjian has witnessed many maritime accidents in his 34 years fishing on the seas around the Nansha Islands, but his memories of lost vessels from the Philippines and Vietnam were lost in the darkness back in 2007 are the most vivid.

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