China's military has dispatched a pair of navy ships to take part in joint drills with Singapore's navy and join in a regional maritime security exhibition. The exercises come amid China's growing presence in the South China Sea.
FILE - In this file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, an anti-surface gunnery is fired from China's Navy missile frigate Yulin during the "Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015" by Singapore and Chinese navies in the South China Sea on May 24, 2015. China’s military has dispatched a pair of navy ships to take part in joint drills, starting Friday, April 27, 2023, with Singapore’s navy and join in a regional maritime security exhibition.
FILE - In this file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, an anti-surface gunnery is fired from China's Navy missile frigate Yulin during the "Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015" by Singapore and Chinese navies in the South China Sea on May 24, 2015. China’s military has dispatched a pair of navy ships to take part in joint drills, starting Friday, April 27, 2023, with Singapore’s navy and join in a regional maritime security exhibition.
BEIJING — China’s military has dispatched a pair of navy ships to take part in joint drills with Singapore’s navy and join in a regional maritime security exhibition. The exercises starting Friday in the Southeast Asian city state come amid China’s growing presence in the South China Sea, which it claims sovereignty over virtually in its entirety.
Concerns are especially pronounced in the U.S., which on Wednesday joined with forces from the Philippines in major exercises in Philippine waters facing the South China Sea that are likely to anger China. Beijing’s more assertive stance comes as its relations with the U.S. and its alliesState television’s military channel identified the ships being sent as the guided missile frigate Yulin and the minesweeper hunter Chibi.
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