China to hold month-long military drills in South China Sea


J-10 fighter jets attached to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command get ready to take off on Feb 20, 2021, kicking off their 2021 annual training.- China Military

BEIJING (Global Times): China has announced that it will hold military exercises in the South China Sea for the whole of March, at a time when the US military has been frequently sending reconnaissance aircraft and ships to the region and a French warship group is on its way.

The South China Sea will likely remain a flashpoint with the new US administration expected to continue to pressure China with both military and political moves, analysts said on Sunday.

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