Xi Shows Off China’s Naval Power With Fleet Review, Taiwan Drills
- Schedules live-fire exercise in Taiwan Straits for April 18
- Xi has warned against efforts to widen divisions with Taiwan
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President Xi Jinping showed off China’s naval might, presiding over the country’s biggest-ever fleet review, while announcing live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait.
Xi, clad in camouflage military fatigues, observed 48 vessels, 76 aircraft and more than 10,000 service personnel at the South China Sea naval hub of Sanya, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, the official Xinhua News Agency said. More than half of the vessels were commissioned in the five years since Xi came to power, Xinhua said.