Beijing on November 28 said it was conducting air and naval patrols around a contested shoal in the South China Sea to “resolutely defend” its national sovereignty. The so-called “combat readiness patrols” were to strengthen “vigilance in the sea and air space around the territorial areas of Huangyan Dao,” Chinese military’s Southern Theatre Command said...

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