A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises and training of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Aug 5, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
The People's Liberation Army has organized a routine joint naval and air exercise in the South China Sea on Friday.
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The PLA's Southern Theater Command on Friday afternoon announced the exercise in a one-sentence statement without giving more details.