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FILE PHOTO: A US Navy aircraft flies over areas of Second Thomas Shoal during a resupply mission for the BRP Sierra Madre, in the Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. Both China and the Philippines lay claims over the shoal while at least three other neighbors also claim the larger Spratly Islands chain it nestles in. Photographer: Lisa Marie David/Bloomberg via Getty Images

China, US hold rival drills in South China Sea

Beijing issues a warning to Philippines over disputed area

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China’s military budget is “disproportional in the sense that the economies of Southeast Asia do not have the resources to keep pace”

China’s defence spending to accelerate in 2018

With the second largest military budget in the world, China’s president continues with his plan to build ‘a world class fighting force’

Ludovic Ehret