China Conducts Military Exercises Southwest of Taiwan
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China announced naval and aerial military exercises were conducted in areas southwest of Taiwan Friday, the second time in a month.
Combat ships, early-warning aircraft and bombers were among the forces that joined the exercises “to improve integrated operational capability” in territory southwest of Taiwan, Shi Yi, spokesperson for the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command, said in a statement Saturday, without saying how close to the democratically-ruled island the drills were.