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China hosts Military exercises with five ASEAN members

Members of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Red Falcon aerobatic team attend the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Guangdong province, China, Sept. 28, 2021. [Reuters]

China is hosting a joint military exercise with five members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in a move that experts say appears to be an image-building show of force in a region where Beijing's influence is growing.

The military exercise comes amid simmering tensions between China and neighboring countries over sovereignty of the South China Sea.

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