Source record People's Daily Group · 2026-07-30

Exclusive: Chinese PLA Navy corrects Japan's false 'Navy' rhetoric

Exclusive: Chinese PLA Navy corrects Japan’s false ‘Navy’ rhetoric

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Desk	China Desk
Publishing institution	People's Daily Group
Source outlet	Global Times — Defense (global_times_mil)
Source language	en — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date	2026-07-30
Original URL	https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1367169.shtml
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PLA Navy launched an official account on X (formerly Twitter) and used it to rebut Japanese government and media references to Taiwan's navy as a legitimate 'Navy,' asserting that Taiwan has no sovereign naval force. The move documents the PLA Navy's expansion onto X as an English-language messaging platform directed at international audiences — a channel the institution had not previously operated officially — and raises the question of how actively the account will engage adversarial framing versus function primarily as a broadcast outlet.

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Source text. People's Daily Group. "Exclusive: Chinese PLA Navy corrects Japan’s false ‘Navy’ rhetoric." Global Times — Defense, 2026-07-30. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1367169.shtml.

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