Source record People's Daily Group · 2026-09-01

PLA destroyers Weinan, Zunyi, Changsha, Guilin hold live-fire drill in South China Sea

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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	2026-09-01
Original URL	https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202609/1369549.shtml
Collected at	2026-09-01 16:55:13 — collection metadata, not a publication time
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The article body is too truncated to support a precise summary: the named destroyers (Weinan, Zunyi, Changsha, Guilin) and the Southern Theater Command are confirmed participants in a South China Sea live-fire drill, but unit designations, weapons fired, exercise scale, and official framing are not recoverable from the fragments provided. A summary written from the headline alone would substitute inference for reporting.

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Source text. People's Daily Group. "PLA destroyers Weinan, Zunyi, Changsha, Guilin hold live-fire drill in South China Sea." Global Times — Defense, 2026-09-01. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202609/1369549.shtml.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 3733, Snapshot — 2026-09-01 (3,762 records).

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