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Two US aircraft carriers conducted exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, the US Navy said, as China also carried out military exercises. The two countries have accused each other of fueling tensions on the strategic waterway, at a time of strained relations between the two nations on a number of issues, including the coronavirus and Hong Kong. USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan were conducting operations and exercises in the South China Sea “to support a free and open Indo-Pacific,†the navy said in a statement. He did not say exactly where the exercises were taking place...
