CHINA-PLA: PLAN CONCLUDES 5-DAY EXERCISES AROUND PARACELS ISLANDS ON JULY 5

China's People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) wrapped up five days of drills around the Paracel Islands, (Xisha Islands), a chain also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan on July 5, 2020. China did not give details about the Paracel drills involved, but the Global Times (July 5) called them "intensive". According to a post on the PLA website, China's Foreign Ministry (July 3) described its South China Sea drills as being "within sovereignty and reasonable". Beijing claims almost all of the 1.3 million square miles the South China Sea as its sovereign territory and over the past several years has built up military fortifications on several islands.





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