A PLA Navy flight that was patrolling the South China Sea suspended its task to help transport three severely ill patients from Yongshu Jiao reef in the Nansha Islands to Sanya city in Hainan province on Sunday. Military aircraft on Nansha Islands was a rescue mission
China on Monday defended its military aircraft's evacuation of patients from the Nansha Islands Nike Air Max DLX KPU TPU Men's Black Cheap , after the move raised concerns from some Western media.
Commenting on the evacuation, Lu Kang, China's foreign ministry spokesperson, said at a press briefing that it is normal for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to offer assistance in emergencies. "It is not surprising in Chinese territory," Lu said.
Lu's remarks come after a report on the evacuation raised some eyebrows from Western media, which speculated that more military aircraft can be expected on the islands in the South China Sea.
In a front-page story cheap nike air max 120 , the PLA Daily said a military aircraft on patrol over the South China Sea on Sunday received an emergency call to land on Yongshu Reef to evacuate three seriously ill workers at the construction site on the reef.
Wu Shengli, commander of the PLA navy, and PLA navy Political Commissar Miao Hua, gave the order to assist the patients from an otherwise time-consuming and jolting trip at sea, the PLA Daily added.
The patients were taken in the transport aircraft to Sanya, South China's Hainan Province for treatment cheap nike air max 93 , the report said, with a photo of the aircraft on the ground.
The aircraft was later identified as a Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft, according to Beijing Evening News.
China began to reclaim land on Yongshu Reef in August 2014 and several test flights were conducted on the airport on the reef in January, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
China's test flights to the airport on Yongshu Reef were professional, technical and civil in nature, and the flights were conducted to test whether the airfield's facilities meet civil aviation standards cheap nike air max 180 , the Chinese foreign ministry said in January.
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MOSCOW, July 11 (Xinhua) -- President Vladimir Putin said Friday Russia will introduce a specialized visa-free entry policy during the FIFA World Cup it hosts in 2018.
""We have confirmed in a law a special regime for the foreigners working for preparations of the World Cup-2018,"" Putin told reporters.
""Besides, on the eve and during the event, not only its participants but also the fans could come to Russia without visas,"" Itar-Tass news agency quoted him as saying.
This will be the first time ever that a host country lifts all visa restrictions during a major football championship cheap nike air max flair , Putin noted.
He promised to do everything to make World Cup-2018 an ""unforgettable festivity"" and to provide the highest level of hospitality.
For that end, Russia will use its experience in organizing and hosting of the Winter Olympic Games, Putin said, adding Moscow would also study the experience of 2016 Summer Olympics due in Brazil, host of the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
The overall cost of the World Cup-2018 is estimated at 20 billion U.S. dollars. Most of the money will be spent on the 12 stadiums and relevant infrastructure in 11 host cities.
" Kevin Downing (L), attorney for Paul Manafort cheap nike air max 96 , former campaign manager of U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to the press after a hearing related to alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. 2016 presidential elections outside the Federal District Court in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 30, 2017. Three of U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign aides were indicted on Monday, and two of them pleaded not guilty to all charges. (XinhuaYin Bogu)
WASHINGTON cheap nike air max 2018 , Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Three of U.S. President DonaldTrump's former campaign aides were indicted on Monday, and two ofthem pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Paul Manafort, former campaign manager of Trump, pleaded on Monday not guilty to all charges filed in Special Counsel RobertMueller's probe over the alleged Russia meddling in the U.S. 2016 presidential elections.
Manafort, together with his former business associate Rick Gates, appeared in the Federal District Court in Washington onMonday afternoon. Gates also pleaded not guilty to all chargesagainst him.
The indictment of Manafort and Gates neither mentioned Trump norelection meddling. However cheap nike air max sequent , the 31-page indictment against the twomen contains 12 counts, including conspiracy to launder money,conspiracy against the U.S., unregistered agent of a foreignprincipal, false and misleading statements surrounding the ForeignAgents Registration Act (FARA), false statements and seven countsof failure to file reports of foreign bank and financialaccounts.
In another development cheap nike air max motion , an early foreign policy advisers toTrump's presidential campaign, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guiltyto lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about acontact with a professor with ties to Moscow, prosecutors said onMonday.
Papadopoulos admitted that he lied in a January interview withthe FBI about his contacts with a Russian professor who has"substantial connections to Russian government officials,"according to the New York Times report, quoting courtdocuments.
Papadopoulos told the FBI at the time that the conversation tookplace before he joined Trump's presidential campaign. In fact cheap nike air max invigor , ithappened days after he became Trump's adviser and the Russianprofessor took interest in him "because of his status with the(Trump) campaign," the court documents said.
After it became public that three of his former campaign aideswere indicted, Trump claimed on Twitter Monday morning that therewas "no collusion."