Ceremony held for remains of Chinese martyrs in Korean War returned from ROK

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Ceremony held for remains of Chinese martyrs in Korean War returned from ROK

2024-11-28 14:09 Last Updated At：19:27

A ceremony was held at Taoxian International Airport in northeast China's Shenyang City on Thursday morning to receive and pay tribute to the remains of 43 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953).

The remains of the fallen soldiers were casketed in Incheon, west of the South Korean capital city of Seoul, and arrived in back in China earlier in the day.

It is the 11th repatriation of CPV martyrs' remains since the signing of a handover agreement between China and South Korea.

Since 2014, the remains of 981 CPV martyrs have been handed over to China, their home country.

Escorted by two J-20 fighter jets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, a Y-20 transport aircraft carrying the remains of the martyrs and 495 pieces of belongings of the fallen soldiers landed at the airport at noon.

After the landing of the aircraft, two fire trucks sprayed water along the way to form a water gate, the highest etiquette in the civil aviation industry.

After the relevant preparations on the plane were completed, the guards of honor first escorted the caskets carrying the martyrs' remains off the plane in order, and then to a designated sorting area.

The caskets were carefully cleaned and sorted, all the personnel at the scene sang the Chinese national anthem, and bowed three times to pay tribute to the CPV martyrs. Afterwards, the guards of honor escorted the caskets and the belongings onto military trucks and headed to the Shenyang Cemetery for Martyrs of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

A burial ceremony for the remains of the CPV martyrs will be held at the cemetery on Friday.

Earlier from 2014 to 2023, South Korea handed over the remains of 938 CPV martyrs, along with their belongings, to China in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles.

PLA carries out regular patrols in Huangyan Dao area, deploying various military aircraft

2025-01-19 22:33 Last Updated At：01-20 00:17

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has recently carried out multiple combat readiness patrols in the surrounding areas of and airspace over the territorial waters of China's Huangyan Dao, and deployed various types of military aircraft to safeguard China's territorial sovereignty.

The aircraft involved in the Huangyan Dao patrols include different types of military transport aircraft, as well as H-6K bombers and Su-30 fighter jets, all equipped with live ammunition and prepared for combat.

The strategic deployment of diverse aircraft in a coordinated formation significantly boosts the overall combat capabilities of the Chinese military in the region and signals an increasingly systematic approach to controlling China's South China Sea airspace.

The PLA has been conducting regular combat readiness patrols in the Huangyan Dao area to safeguard China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.