The U.S. official said it was "not surprising" that China's navy would conceal it. The submarine's current status is unknown.

Building a potent nuclear submarine force would help China tighten control over its peripheral waters and improve its ability ...

China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank pierside in the spring and the Chinese Navy tried to conceal the loss, ...

Beijing has not acknowledged the sinking and a US defence official said it was "not surprising" that China's navy would ...

The sinking of China’s first Zhou-class submarine represents a setback for Beijing as it continues to build out the world’s ...

A U.S. officials says China's newest nuclear-powered submarine in its fleet sank in spring while docked at a pier but Chinese ...

A senior U.S. defense official says satellite imagery shows that China's newest nuclear submarine sank while under ...

Naval experts and US officials say vessel appears to have sunk in port, and may have been carrying nuclear fuel at the time ...

China has reportedly lost its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine after the boat sank at a shipyard earlier this year, ...

The pierside accident came as Beijing, which hasn’t acknowledged the episode, attempts to expand its navy and project its ...

China's naval ambitions suffered a significant setback as reports emerged that a nuclear-powered attack submarine sank while ...

China’s ambitions to challenge U.S. naval supremacy suffered a major setback when its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine ...