At the rescue site of Gyirong Port, Gyirong county in Shigatse, #Xizang autonomous region, rescue teams quickly ate their dinners and immediately resumed on‑site surveys at 8:00 pm on Aug 28.
China is building three 25,000-ton amphibious warships side by side — and the Type 071 may be entering mass production mode.
New images circulating online show two Type 071 amphibious transport dock ships being built alongside the latest-batch Type 054B frigate. Just days after one Type 071 and the Type 054B left the dock, sections of another Type 071 were already being assembled in the same position.
At one point, three Type 071s at different stages of construction were visible simultaneously across the shipyard’s dock and slipway.
China currently operates 8 Type 071s, alongside 4 Type 075 amphibious assault ships and the Type 076, but the PLA Navy appears to be expanding its amphibious fleet at an increasingly rapid pace.
Reports suggest the new Type 071 batch could include another 8 ships, with upgrades over earlier vessels and potentially all launched by the end of 2027.
When even 25,000-ton amphibious ships start being built “like dumplings,” the message is clear: China is scaling up its naval capacity at an extraordinary pace.
✨🇨🇳Latest footage from the disaster‑hit core zone of Gyirong Port, Xizang. Chinese fire‑and‑rescue teams are carrying out manual search operations.
Praying for everyone’s safety. 🙏
President Xi Jinping called on China and Kyrgyzstan to work together to create a new chapter of high-quality development in bilateral relations in an article published in Slovo Kyrgyzstana and Kabar National News Agency.
Full text:
English: Jointly Opening up New Prospects for the High-Quality Development of China-Kyrgyzstan Relations
https://t.co/bk2OuB6T0l
Russian: КИТАЙ И КЫРГЫЗСТАН: ВМЕСТЕ К НОВЫМ ГОРИЗОНТАМ ВЫСОКОКАЧЕСТВЕННОГО РАЗВИТИЯ ДВУСТОРОННИХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ
https://t.co/3yBO6zBzXY
A Japanese civil group recently held an exhibition on Japanese military’s use of poison gas in China during WWII. For more details:
https://t.co/TFTwzgFAD2
Japan’s abandoned chemical weapons (ACWs) in China remain a serious threat to the Chinese people. Despite long-existing evidence, Japanese right-wing forces keep trying to deny the harm of ACWs and Japan’s legal responsibility. The Japanese government lacks in sincerity and input in disposing the ACWs in China—an unshirkable obligation under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
We call on the Japanese government to speed up the destruction process and restore a safe living environment for the Chinese people. #WWII #CWC #ACWs
Preliminary assessment made by Chinese and Nepalese experts and official institutions shows that the tragic mudslide was triggered by a collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal.
We will continue the all-out effort to search and rescue foreign as well as Chinese nationals.