BEIJING: China's military has dispatched a pair of naval ships to take part in joint drills with Singapore's navy and join in a regional maritime security exhibition.

The exercises starting on Friday in the Southeast Asian city-state come amid China's growing presence in the South China Sea, which it claims sovereignty over virtually in its entirety.

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