{"id":5160,"date":"2026-08-13T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/5160\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:01:09","slug":"china-belarus-swift-eagle-2026-airborne-drills-kick-off-in-hubei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/5160\/","title":{"rendered":"China-Belarus &#8220;Swift Eagle 2026&#8221; airborne drills kick off in Hubei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"16\">Chinese and Belarusian airborne troops launched the &#8220;Swift Eagle 2026&#8221; joint drills on Wednesday in central China&#8217;s Hubei Province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"16\">Marking the fourth iteration of the &#8220;Swift Eagle 2026&#8221; series, the drills center on subjects including surveillance and counter-surveillance, seizure-and-control and protection, elimination and defense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"16\">This exercise focuses on joint urban counter-terrorism operations, aiming to strengthen the combined operational capabilities for carrying out counter-terrorism missions. It is expected to support regional peace and stability and help further enhance the combat capabilities of the participating troops while deepening practical cooperation between the two armies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"16\">&#8220;This joint training exercise is an important opportunity for in-depth military interaction and cultural exchange between our officers and soldiers. We will conduct in-depth exchanges of training concepts and experiences through modular mixed formations, and enhance our joint counter-terrorism combat capabilities through mutual learning and interaction,&#8221; said Cheng Qiang, a member of the Chinese troops.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8494181_1786623316003_a.jpg.webp\" class=\"image-lightbox\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-mainpost\" data-caption=\"China-Belarus &quot;Swift Eagle 2026&quot; airborne drills kick off in Hubei\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8494181_1786623316003_a.jpg.webp\" alt=\"China-Belarus &quot;Swift Eagle 2026&quot; airborne drills kick off in Hubei\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"14\">China-Belarus &#8220;Swift Eagle 2026&#8221; airborne drills kick off in Hubei<\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"16\">The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China&#8217;s sci-tech innovation board, closed 0.75 percent lower at 2,004.58 points on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"16\">The STAR 50 Index, which tracks the 50 largest stocks listed on the board that also meet certain liquidity requirements, closed 1.11 percent lower at 1,717.75 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"16\">The sci-tech innovation board, commonly known as the STAR Market, was inaugurated in June 2019 at Shanghai Stock Exchange. It is designed to support companies in the high-tech and strategic emerging sectors.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8494173_1786618140003_a.jpg.webp\" class=\"image-lightbox\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-nextpost\" data-caption=\"China's STAR Composite Index closes lower Thursday\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8494173_1786618140003_a.jpg.webp\" alt=\"China's STAR Composite Index closes lower Thursday\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption font-size-scaler-control\" data-font=\"14\">China&#8217;s STAR Composite Index closes lower Thursday<\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese and Belarusian airborne troops launched the &#8220;Swift Eagle 2026&#8221; joint drills on Wednesday in central China&#8217;s Hubei&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[141,142,307],"class_list":["post-5160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cctvplus-news","tag-china","tag-hottv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}