China says it patrolled the South China Sea in an apparent response to US naval drills with allies

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FILE - A Filipino port worker looks as the Japanese Ship Akebono (DD-108), a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to dock for a goodwill visit at Manila's south harbor, Philippines on Sept. 27, 2018. The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday, April 7, 2024 in the South China Sea where Beijings aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims have caused alarm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) BEIJING – China's military said Sunday that it had conducted air and sea...