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World’s largest naval exercise deepens US tensions with China.

Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and India have taken part in the naval exercises.
Due to the pandemic, the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) event has been scaled down from 25 to 11 nations.

The biennial event has about 20 ships and 5,300 personnel involved.
The drills have been reduced from the normal five weeks to two.

But the exercises have increased tensions with Beijing who were not invited to take part in the event.

China did participate in 2016 and 2014.
In 2018, Donald Trump disinvited China accusing it of militarizing disputed areas of the South China Sea.
China has blasted the US in the run-up to RIMPAC.

Chinese state media accused Washington of flexing its military muscle and “strongarm” allies to join the event.