Dueling Naval War Games Between The U.S. And China

The US aircraft carrier "USS George Washington" moves to come alongside the pier at a port in Busan, southeast of Seoul, on July 21. Photo from Press TV

China And US Stage Yellow Sea Wargames -- Financial Times

China and the US have been staging near-simultaneous naval exercises this week in the oceans around the Yellow Sea in one of the most open displays of the rising competition between the two rival forces in north Asia.

The Chinese navy’s North Sea Fleet is practising shooting artillery in waters south-east of Qingdao until Saturday, while the US and South Korea are scheduled to hold a joint exercise in the Yellow Sea from Sunday.

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More News On Chinese/U.S. Naval War Games

Yellow Sea Venue for Rival War Games -- Voice of America

China begins military exercises in Yellow Sea -- BBC
Chinese navy to hold drills in Yellow Sea -- AP
China announces navy drill ahead of U.S. show of force -- MSNBC/Reuters
Chinese navy to hold drills in Yellow Sea -- Huffington post
China Starts Naval Exercise On Yellow Sea Ahead Of Joint U.S.-South Korea Drill -- All Headline News

US, SKorea to Hold Further Naval Drills -- New York Times/AP
Second round of military drills in sea -- Joong Ang Daily
S.Korea and US to stage joint naval drill -- AFP
ROK, US to hold joint naval drills in West Sea Sept. 5-9 -- Korea Times

China and the US battle to assert presence in South China Sea -- Christian Science Monitor
US opposes use of force in South China Sea dispute -- AP
Rising China tests the waters -- Asia Times opinion
Power play in the South China Sea -- Geoff Dyer, Financial Times
Avoiding a Tempest in the South China Sea -- Council On Foreign Relations
China—United States: Resetting a Positive Course -- Douglas H. Paal, Carnegie Endowment
A Chinese Summer, Revisited -- The Diplomat