"China apparently plans to deploy air, sea, and ground forces in an amphibious assault exercise on the Pratas Islands, an island chain also claimed by Taiwan.
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In recent weeks, Chinese expansionist plans can also be seen elsewhere. Taiwan, apparently in an effort to head-off a future threatening naval exercise scheduled by China for this August,
alerted the U.S. Pacific Fleet of China's planned exercise. China evidently plans to deploy air, sea, and ground forces in an
amphibious assault exercise on the Pratas Islands, an island chain also claimed by Taiwan. China in recent weeks flew an early-warning aircraft over several other disputed islands in the South China Sea while continuing to introduce new weapons systems -- such as the
deployment of an AEW&C (airborne early warning and control) system and its Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft on Yongshu Reef -- on islands in the South China Sea where ownership still remains in dispute. "
Beijing's hostility is likely a message to New Delhi that China will aggressively target any attempt by an increasingly pro-Western India to establish a military alliance with the U.S and its allies and obstruct China's far-reaching claims of sovereignty
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