
PLA Navy soldiers visit a patrol ship of the Royal Brunei Navy ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Wen)

Royal Thai Navy soldiers visit the PLA Navy’s Guangzhou destroyer ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Wen)

The captain of the PLA Navy’s Guangzhou destroyer talks to reporters during a media day for a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Wen)

Navy soldiers from China and the Philippines meet ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Wen)

Navy soldiers from China and Singapore meet ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Wen)

Navy soldiers from China and Singapore meet ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Wen)

Singapore Navy soldiers visit the PLA Navy’s missile frigate Huangshan ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lei)

Singapore Navy soldiers visit the PLA Navy’s missile frigate Huangshan ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lei)

PLA Navy soldiers visit the Singaporean frigate RSS Stalwart ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lei)

Royal Thai Navy soldiers visit the PLA Navy’s Guangzhou destroyer ahead of a China-ASEAN military drill in Zhanjiang City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 24, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Lei)