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With tensions rising in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, Beijing has announced the start of five military exercises in different parts of its coast for the second time in the last two months. Two of the exercises have been held on the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, one in the East China Sea and one further north in the Bohai Sea, the China Maritime Safety Administration reported on its website. The Paracel Islands have been under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) occupation since 1974, however they are also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. On...
