Source record People's Daily Group · 2026-08-12

Chinese, Indonesian naval frigates complete maritime exercise in waters east of China's Taiwan island: PLA Eastern Theater Command

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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	2026-08-12
Original URL	https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1368067.shtml
Collected at	2026-08-12 13:56:50 — collection metadata, not a publication time
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Zhu Anqing, spokesperson of the East Sea Bureau, the China Coast Guard (CCG) said that from Monday, the ... China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels on Tuesday conducted law-enforcement patrols in waters around Taiwan island in accordance with ... Liaoning aircraft carrier participates in drills to the east of Taiwan island

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A PLA Eastern Theater Command naval formation and Indonesian Navy frigates completed a joint maritime exercise in waters east of Taiwan, though the article does not specify the exercise name, participating hull designations, or exact duration. The exercise documents a pattern of PLA Eastern Theater Command activity in the waters east of Taiwan that runs concurrent with CCG law-enforcement patrols around the island and Liaoning carrier drills in the same general area — the convergence of these three activities raises the question of whether they were coordinated as a unified pressure package or coincided independently.

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Source text. People's Daily Group. "Chinese, Indonesian naval frigates complete maritime exercise in waters east of China's Taiwan island: PLA Eastern Theater Command." Global Times — Defense, 2026-08-12. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1368067.shtml.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 3181, Snapshot — 2026-08-26 (3,574 records).

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