China Holds Massive Military Exercises For The Second Time In Two Months

Amphibious Landing

The People’s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps units conduct an amphibious landing during a training exercise.

Reuters: China holds simultaneous military drills in four seas, again

BEIJING (Reuters) - China began five military exercises simultaneously along different parts of its coast on Monday, the second time in two months it will have such concurrent drills against a backdrop of rising regional tension.

Two of the exercises are being held near the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea, one in the East China Sea, and one in further north in the Bohai Sea, the Maritime Safety Administration said in notices on its website.

In the southern part of the Yellow Sea, drills including live-fire exercises will be held from Monday to Wednesday, it said in another notice.

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Update #1: South China Sea: Chinese military holds drills near Paracel Islands for a third time this year -- SCMP
Update #2: China holds simultaneous military drills in four seas: Report -- Al Jazeera

WNU Editor: China's way of showing that they can conduct multiple military operations all at once.



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