China's Naval Power on Display in Search for Missing Plane

China's participation in the international search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is giving its military a rare opportunity to operate in areas far from home and shape views about its military might.   It's not every day that Chinese planes touch down in Australia and Chinese naval vessels cruise past Christmas Island. In fact it is rare.   China has deployed some 13 ships to aid the hunt for the missing plane, its biggest ever such deployment so far from...

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