While anything from the Global Times (a state-sponsored propaganda mouthpiece for China's Communist Party) should be taken with a truckload of salt, China's CMS/Coast Guard vessels do seem to be getting larger and larger.
Defence AerospaceQuote:
Guangdong Firm to Build China's First 10,000 Ton Maritime Patrol Vessel
(Source: Global Times; issued March 27, 2019)
Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration signed a contract for China's first 10,000 ton-class maritime patrol vessel on Tuesday, which experts said could sail the high seas and provide assistance to Chinese and foreign ships in need.
Under the contract, the ship will be constructed by Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company under China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, according to a statement the company released on Tuesday.
Designed by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation's No.701 Research Institute, the ship will be 165 meters long and 20.6 meters wide and have a displacement of 10,700 tons, according to the statement.
The ship will become China's first 10,000-ton class maritime patrol vessel and act as the country's flagship for high seas patrol and rescue operations, serving China's strategy of becoming a major ocean power, the statement said.
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