Chinese ships head to Singapore for drills

By Associated Press

Apr 28, 2023 12:33 am

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.

SEA SHOW An anti-surface gunnery is fired from China’s navy missile frigate Yulin during the ‘Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015’ by Singaporean and Chinese navies in the South China Sea on May 24, 2015. XINHUA FILE PHOTO VIA AP

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