FIVE warships from the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia held maritime exercises in the highly contested waters of the South China Sea to demonstrate their unity in the face of Chinese aggression in the key waterway.
In response to the four-country Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) from April 6 to 7, Beijing said it would conduct military "combat patrols" in the same area as the joint drills.
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