President Xi stresses 'urgent' need for powerful navy during largest naval drill
- 6 years ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed what he called the urgent need to have a powerful navy.
He was speaking on Thursday during an inspection of China's largest maritime drill in the South China Sea.
48 warships, 76 aircraft and more than 10-thousand personnel took part in the drill.
It was held after Beijing lodged numerous protests against Washington for conducting so-called "freedom of navigation" operations with U.S. warships sailing near artificial islands built by China.
He was speaking on Thursday during an inspection of China's largest maritime drill in the South China Sea.
48 warships, 76 aircraft and more than 10-thousand personnel took part in the drill.
It was held after Beijing lodged numerous protests against Washington for conducting so-called "freedom of navigation" operations with U.S. warships sailing near artificial islands built by China.