Chinese Military Exercise Not Targeted Against The U.S.

Beijing's military planners know they cannot rely on China's size alone as a deterrent
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China Denies Military Exercise Aimed At U.S. -- Reuters

China denied on Tuesday media reports that an artillery drill in the East China Sea was in response to a planned military exercise between South Korea and the United States.

The 6-day, live ammunition exercise starting on Wednesday in the East China Sea off China's coast was seen by some analysts as a "response to a (planned) joint exercise between the United States and Republic of Korea navies in the Yellow Sea," said the China Daily, the country's official English-language newspaper.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, said there was no such link and a Chinese military officer said the timing was coincidental.

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My Comment: If it is not against the U.S. .... then who? I guess the Chinese have a "Broonklyn Bridge" to sell to us .... after all .... they are selling to us everything else.