ABOARD MISSILE DESTROYER QINGDAO, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A naval fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday passed through the Miyako Strait and entered the Western Pacific Ocean for a training mission.

This marked the PLA Navy's fifth high-seas drill this year.

The fleet is comprised of the missile destroyer Qingdao, missile frigate Linyi and supply ship Hongzehu, as well as two ship-borne helicopters. All the equipment is from the Navy's Beihai Fleet.

The fleet set sail from a military port in east China's coastal city Qingdao early Saturday morning.

Noting that the PLA Navy has been conducting regular high-seas training missions, fleet commander Wang Dazhong said such high-intensity and frequent training carries great significance in China's plan to build a blue-water navy.

Last year, the PLA Navy conducted seven high-seas training missions.

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BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Maritime operations and drills carried out by People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy) vessels have been normalized step by step, the spokesman for China's Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.

At a regular ministry briefing on Thursday, spokesman Geng Yansheng criticized Japanese media reports about the PLA Navy's activities as "extremely suspicious" and "worried about troubles created by their own imagination," while pointing to some countries that have regarded the normal maneuvers of the Chinese navy as abnormal.

Geng said that in recent years, Chinese fleets have passed through the Miyako Strait for drills in the Western Pacific, which is normal and conforms to relevant international laws and practices.

At the briefing, some reporters asked about China's North Sea Fleet passing through the Miyako Strait to conduct drills in the Western Pacific, noting that Japan's Ministry of Defense has published photos of the PLA Navy's activities.

Meanwhile, some Japanese have insisted that the PLA Navy's offshore drills have created a "sense of vigilance" among some other countries.

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Sedikit peregangan Otot... Jepang yang notabene salah satu mempunyai Navy terbaik aja harus behati-hati memperhatikan drill Panda apalagi Phillipine. Sayang tidak medapatkan foto KS yang lagi beraksi di Drill ini....