China flexes at U.S. in four seas and announcing further drills…

Chinese armed forces continue to ramp up coastal exercises by announcing further drills [ANALYSIS] Latest exercise off coast of Guangdong means six overlapping military and coastguard exercises will be taking place next week. Both China and the United States have stepped up activity in the region in recent months. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has conducted near-simultaneous four-region naval drills, a show of maritime force analysts view as tit-for-tat response to recent US maneuvers and deployments in China’s adjacent waters. Beginning last week, the PLA held arguably its most comprehensive and wide-reaching naval drills ever, covering the Yellow Sea,…