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China staged three days of military exercises in the South China Sea <\/strong>and plans to boost its offshore maritime patrol force, state media said Friday, as tensions with its neighbours simmer.<\/p>\n

China has competing claims with Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei over potentially resource-rich areas in the South China Sea<\/strong> which have flared in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Beijing has pledged it will not resort to force to resolve the lingering maritime territorial disputes, after the Philippines this week sought help from the United States <\/strong>and Vietnam staged live-fire military exercises.<\/p>\n

According to the Global Times, 14 Chinese navy vessels recently staged drills in waters near China’s southern tropical island of Hainan<\/strong>, including anti-submarine manoeuvres and the beach landing of troops.<\/p>\n

The exercises in the South China Sea were aimed at “defending atolls and protecting sea lanes,” reports said.<\/p>\n

The China Maritime Surveillance force meanwhile will be bolstered from the current staff of 9,000 to 15,000 personnel by 2020, the China Daily reported.<\/p>\n

The force falls under the State Oceanic Administration, an agency that supervises China’s coastline and territorial waters.<\/p>\n

The patrol fleet will have 350 vessels by 2015 and 520 by 2020<\/strong>, the report said, citing an unnamed senior China Maritime Surveillance official. It will also have 16 planes by 2015.<\/p>\n

Disputes at sea between China and other countries have been on the rise, a State Oceanic Administration report said last month.<\/p>\n

China said yesterday it had dispatched a maritime patrol vessel to disputed South China Sea waters<\/strong> but insisted it was committed to peace in the region.<\/p>\n

Taiwan’s navy said this week it would proceed with scheduled patrol missions in the disputed waters, sending a naval fleet to Taiwan-controlled Taiping, the biggest island in the Spratlys, one of the disputed island chains.<\/p>\n

The Philippines just renamed the South China Sea, “West Manila Sea”.
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Source – AFP<\/em>
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