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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-11

Chinese and Indonesian Naval Vessels to Conduct Passage Exercise in Waters East of Taiwan Island

中国印尼海军舰艇将位台岛以东海域开展通航演练

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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 date2026-08-11
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16478851.html
Collected at2026-08-11 13:52:07 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprinte7f95873c668b8171e4f111b7d1aa43f12a5f31a10a402f49d427d540abe3abf — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run109
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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8月中旬,中国海军红河舰将与印度尼西亚海军“莱”号护卫舰位台岛以东海域举行通航演练,重点开展通信操演、海上补给等科目演练,旨在提升两国海军联合行动能力,深化双方务实合作,共同维护地区和平稳定。

Summary

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The Chinese Navy ship Hong He and Indonesian Navy frigate Lei will conduct a passage exercise (通航演练) in waters east of Taiwan Island in mid-August, focusing on communications operations and maritime replenishment drills. The choice of operating area east of Taiwan is the analytically significant detail here: it places a bilateral PRC-Indonesian naval activity in a zone of acute sensitivity for Taiwan and U.S. force posture, though the article does not specify whether the routing reflects deliberate political framing or operational convenience.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "中国印尼海军舰艇将位台岛以东海域开展通航演练." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-11. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16478851.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 3125, Snapshot — 2026-08-26 (3,574 records).

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