War Games in the South China Sea

Beginning on Thursday, June 1st, and lasting until Wednesday, June 7th, the coastguards of the U.S., Japan, and the Philippines launched maritime exercises in the South China Sea, the first such drills between the three countries at a time of growing concern about China’s activities in the region. On Tuesday, May 30, the U.S. military said a Chinese fighter pilot performed an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” near an American surveillance aircraft operating over the South China Sea last week.