In another incident between the U.S. Navy and China, a submerged Chinese sub apparently collided with a towed array from the Arliegh Burke Class guided missile destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday. 
Here is the story from Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese submarine accidentally collided with an underwater sonar array being towed by a U.S. military ship, [...]

Information Dissemination alerted me to the recent photos of China’s first aircraft carrier the ex-Russian, partially completed, Varyag.  A little digging, and you quickly learn the peculiar story of China’s first endeavor into aircraft carriers.

For starters, the Varyag is a piece of legacy leftover from the Soviet empire.  It was originally named the Riga [...]

It appears to have been the world’s shortest sea trial for the car carrier DYVI PACIFIC. The ship apparently capsized shortly after leaving the builders yard in Shadong, China. The 6,200 car capcity (ceu) ship had just been recently christened at a ceremony on March 16, 2009 at Samjin Shipbuilding Industries. The ship was departing for trials and was schedulded to be delivered to its owners.