US flagship "Blue Ridge" arrived in Shanghai Friday for a five-day visit.
The Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday the location of a recent test reported by some media outlets was "sheer speculation".
China's top military authority will greatly reduce its departments and personnel in order to give more power to lower-level authorities.
China will not exclude any options in its efforts to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Defense said ahead of a planned video conference between the navy chiefs of China and the United States on Thursday night.
H-6K is the latest variant of the H-6 bomber and possibly the only one in the five-decade-old family that can be defined as a genuine strategic bomber.
Frontier forces have always conducted activities within the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control, says Foreign Ministry spokesman.
The ongoing drill by the People's Liberation Army in the Taiwan Straits is no more than a routine exercise and should not be overinterpreted.
12,000 troops, 500 pieces of more than 40 types of equipment, and nearly 200 aircraft of over 20 types will take part in the parade.
China's national aircraft manufacturer has received orders for 185 MA-700s from 11 domestic and foreign buyers.
Senior officials from both countries promise to boost cooperation in anti-terror information sharing and law enforcement in Beijing.
India should not worry about Chinese military expansion under the Maldives' policy that allows foreigners to buy its land, say observers.
Zhou Ming (right), head of the military staff committee of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, and Liu Jieyi (center), China's permanent representative to the UN, greet General Adrian Foster, UN Deputy Military Advisor, at a reception to mark the 88th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, on Thursday in New York.