South China Morning Post:

There are fresh signs from the Chinese and the American armed forces that tensions over the South China Sea will continue under the new U.S. administration.

The Chinese military’s Southern Theatre Command conducted a live-fire drill to test its response to repeated missile attacks in a “far sea”, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday without saying when or where the exercise took place.

The drill involved the guided-missile destroyer Yinchuan, guided-missile frigate Hengyang, the amphibious dock landing ship Wuzhishan, and the support ship Chagan Hu, according to the report.

The Southern Theatre Command is responsible for overseeing the vast waters claimed by China in the South China Sea…

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