Daily Mail: 'President for life' Xi watches China's biggest EVER naval exercise: Huge show of force off Taiwan features 48 warships and submarines as the island stages a mock attack by Beijing
* President Xi Jinping watched as China staged its largest ever show of force in the disputed South China Sea
* 10,000 naval officers, 76 fighter jets, and a flotilla of 48 warships and submarines were all involved in the drills
* China has also announced it will be holding further live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Straits on April 18
China has staged its largest naval drills ever in the South China Sea amid rising tensions with Taiwan over the disputed territory.
President Xi Jinping was in attendance to watch the enormous show of drills - involving more than 10,000 seamen, 76 fighter jets and 48 warships and submarines.
Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television showed footage of the President boarding one of his destroyers which then sailed to an unnamed location in the contentious waters to watch the drills.
In an impassioned address to his troops, President Xi said China's need for a world leading navy 'was never more pressing than today'.
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