Military personnel from China and the United States attend a joint humanitarian aid and disaster relief drill in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 17, 2016. A three-day drill started on Nov. 16 involved 134 military personnel from China and 89 from the United States. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)
PLA Soldiers of a frontier defense battalion participate in three-day training on a plateau with average altitude of around 4,200 meters in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region on November 22, 2016. (Photo provided to China News Service)
Qian Jianmin, a 92-year-old veteran who was blinded during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression(WWII), has finally realized his long-cherished dream of touching a modern armored vehicle. Accompanied by his daughter and PLA soldiers, Qian visited an armored troop in Jiangsu province on Dec. 13, touching China's most advanced armored vehicle, the Type-99 tank. Six tanks honked their horns to pay tribute to Qian. Qian's wish received widespread public support after a volunteer posted it online, and many people contacted the military to help the deserving veteran. [Photo: Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng]
12.22.2016...140 members of the Shanghai Armed Police Corps conduct anti-hijacking training at Hongqiao Airport .
12.22.2016...140 members of the Shanghai Armed Police Corps conduct anti-hijacking training at Hongqiao Airport .
A Chinese sniper trains while holding four shell casings on his rifle in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province, Dec. 27, 2016. More than 20 paramilitary police passed the sniper tests, which included keeping shell casings on a rifle for 30 minutes without letting them fall. (Photo/CFP)
A sniper shows broken shell casings he shot from 100 meters away during a training in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province, Dec. 27, 2016. More than 20 paramilitary police passed the sniper tests, which included keeping shell casings on a rifle for 30 minutes without letting them fall. (Photo/CFP)
January 1.2017...At least four new Chinese light tanks have been seen recently aboard a military transport train. The official designation of this light tank is unknown.
January 2017...
At the beginning of the new year, the PLA Army of the 39th Army carried out training in Type 99 tanks and ice & snow covered northern China near the border with North Korea. The tanks took part in multiple demonstrations.