A PLA Navy carrier battle group sails in formation. MO XIAOLIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Humanitarian actions win praise as the force celebrates its 70th birthday. Zhang Zhihao reports. In May 2002, vessels from the People's Liberation Army Navy embarked on the force's first round-the-world voyage, opening a new chapter in its global outreach and cooperation. Having set sail from a base in Qingdao, Shandong province, guided-missile destroyer CNS Qingdao and supply ship CNS Taicang visited 10 countries, from Singapore to Brazil. The voyage lasted four months and covered more than 30,000 nautical miles (55,560 kilometers), according to records from the Ministry of National Defense. Long-distance voyages are often regarded as coming-of-age experiences for navies capable of such feats. The 2002 voyage represented a major upgrade of the PLA Navy's operational abilities in far-flung oceans since it began visiting neighboring countries in 1985. Major General Ding Yiping, commander of the fleet for the 2002 world tour, told Xinhua News Agency that port calls by warships and goodwill visits are a special kind of peacetime diplomacy. Such visits are also a key way of helping to modernize the PLA Navy and improve mutual exchanges, understanding and friendship between the navies of China and foreign powers, according to Ding. The tour showcased China's resolve to maintain world peace, and demonstrated that the PLA Navy is a mighty, civilized and peaceful military force, he said. bracelet montre silicone 14mmcustom rolex braceletanimal shaped bracelets rubberbest place to buy silicone wristbandssilicone medical alert wristbands
A gathering to commemorate the 40th anniversary of issuing Message to Compatriots in Taiwan is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Jan 2, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] Beijing on Wednesday strongly criticized Washington's gross interference in its domestic affairs after US President Donald Trump signed into law the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 on Monday. The section of the law on Taiwan reiterates the US commitment to counter efforts to change the status quo and to support peaceful resolution acceptable to both sides of the Taiwan Strait and calls on the US president to encourage the travel of high-level officials, as well as regular arms sales, to Taiwan. China is strongly unsatisfied with and firmly opposed to the US for insisting on signing the act into law, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang, adding that it seriously violated the one-China principle and stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques. China has lodged solemn representations to the US side, he told a regular press conference in Beijing, urging Washington not to implement the law. The US should prudently and properly handle Taiwan-related issues to avoid undermining China-US relations as well as the peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, the spokesman said. Also on Wednesday, President Xi Jinping stressed that the Taiwan question is a domestic affair that concerns China's core interests and the national bond of the Chinese people, and it allows no interference from the outside. Xi made the remarks when delivering a speech at a gathering held in Beijing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the issuing of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan. The statement, issued by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the first day of 1979, proclaims major policies and principles of the peaceful reunification of China. blank silicone wristbands wholesalenike silicone wristbandsbracelet en silicone nikecheap silicone wristbands free shippingembossed printed wristbands<%2fcenter>
