China's Naval Exercises In East China Sea Send Warning To Regional Rivals -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor
Chinese naval exercises today simulated a conflict in disputed waters. Tensions between China and Japan have been mounting over claims to a set of islands in the East China Sea.
China held naval exercises in the East China Sea today in a robust show of military force intended to warn regional rivals against escalating territorial disputes.
China regularly holds maritime drills in the fall, but "sources close to the military" said the drills were related to a territorial dispute that has been the source of recent flare-up between China and Japan, the Financial Times reports.
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