3rd LD-Writethru-Xinhua Headlines: Xi reviews multinational fleet, champions maritime community with shared future
(WorldNews China)

QINGDAO, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of military vessels flying different national flags lined up in waters off east China`s port city of Qingdao as fighter jets streaked across the sky in formations. Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed a multinational fleet in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday afternoon as part of the activities to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the People`s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. At around 12:40 p.m. Xi inspected the honor guards at a pier in Qingdao before he boarded destroyer Xining, which set sail to where the review was to be conducted. At around 2:30 p.m. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central...