{"id":1965448,"date":"2023-07-06T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-hosts-russian-warships-for-joint-drill\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:07:12","slug":"china-hosts-russian-warships-for-joint-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-hosts-russian-warships-for-joint-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"China and Russia hold joint naval exercise."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-hosts-russian-warships-for-joint-drill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>China and Russia Conduct Joint Naval Drill in Shanghai<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>BEIJING\u2014China hosted two Russian warships that had earlier sailed past Taiwan and Japan, and the vessels are expected to hold a joint drill with the Chinese Navy during their visit, demonstrating the enduring military cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The two frigates\u2014Gromkiy and Sovershenniy\u2014made port at the financial hub of Shanghai on Wednesday, Chinese state television reported. Both vessels belong to Russia&#8217;s Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Vladivostok.<\/p>\n<p>During their seven-day visit, the ships will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friday-afternoon-update-childhood-tv-star-running-for-congress-russia-and-china-naval-drills-top-dem-has-message-for-bidens-2024-primary-challengers\/\" title=\"Friday Afternoon Update: Childhood TV Star Running For Congress, Russia And China Naval Drills, Top Dem Has Message For Biden\u2019s 2024 Primary Challengers\">conduct naval drills<\/a> with the Chinese Navy in Shanghai that will include practices on formation movements, communication, and sea rescues, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The same ships, which belong to the Pacific fleet of the Russian Navy, passed through waters near democratically governed Taiwan at the end of June. They later sailed past Japan&#8217;s Okinawa islands, the site of a major U.S. military base, earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The passage prompted Japan to dispatch vessels to monitor their movements while Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory, deployed an aircraft and also ships to keep watch over their transit.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of China&#8217;s President <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"><strong>Xi<\/strong><\/span> Jingping&#8217;s visit to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, the two leaders issued a joint statement which contained familiar accusations against the West &#8211; that Washington was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-suspend-trade-relations-with-russia-belarus\/\" title=\"House Votes To Suspend Trade Relations With Russia, Belarus\">undermining global stability<\/a> and NATO was barging into the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>China and Russia have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-hosts-russian-warships-for-joint-drill\/\" title=\"China and Russia hold joint naval exercise.\">pledged stronger military ties<\/a>, and on Monday, China&#8217;s Defence Minister Li Shangfu met with the head of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>And just before that, Russia and China&#8217;s foreign ministries held a round of consultations on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-first-visit-since-war-began-european-leaders-talk-up-eu-prospects-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"In First Visit Since War Began, European Leaders Talk up EU Prospects for Ukraine\">anti-missile defense<\/a> at end-June.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the chief of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-oversight-republicans-demand-full-transcripts-of-calls-between-milley-and-chinese-general\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Oversight Republicans Demand Full Transcripts Of Calls Between Milley And Chinese General\">joint staff department<\/a> of China&#8217;s Central Military Commission Liu Zhenli also held talks with Russia&#8217;s chief of general staff Valery Gerasimov via video link.<\/p>\n<p>Gerasimov was quoted by Tass news agency as saying that the two sides will continue to expand their military cooperation.<\/p>\n<h3>Source:<\/h3>\n<p>(Reporting by Albee Zhang, Ella Cao and Ryan Woo, additional reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China welcomed two Russian warships, Gromkiy and Sovershenniy, for a joint drill with the Chinese Navy in Shanghai. The visit showcases the ongoing military collaboration between the two nations, as the vessels sailed past Taiwan and Japan before docking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1965449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}