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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-07-02

Capturing the Memorable Moments of a Naval Vessel Formation's Visit to Hong Kong

定格海军舰艇编队赴港的那些精彩瞬间

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source languagezh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-07-02
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16471271.html
Collected at2026-07-02 14:37:11 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint88425f0889b09de390d8e74ce13c3bd7e76cb73191eeee4e5b4739a35ec85bdc — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run75
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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作者:熊鹰、张洪源、孙金钢、丁兆国、庞丁舒

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A PLA Navy vessel formation conducted a port visit to Hong Kong, documented through official photography by a five-person media team including Xiong Ying, Zhang Hongyuan, Sun Jingang, Ding Zhaoguo, and Pang Dingshu. Port visits to Hong Kong by PLAN formations serve a dual domestic and external audience function — projecting sovereignty over the SAR while generating controlled imagery for PLA media channels. This article provides a baseline record of the visit's public documentation effort, useful for tracking the frequency and scale of PLAN presence in Hong Kong over time.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "定格海军舰艇编队赴港的那些精彩瞬间." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-07-02. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16471271.html.

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