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Title:
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China says has been invited again to U.S.-hosted naval drills
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Author:
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Reuters Staff
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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January 25, 2018
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Description:
- China’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that China has again been invited to attend a major U.S.-hosted naval drill this year, even as tensions simmer between the two countries over the disputed South China Sea. Ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a monthly news briefing that it had received an invite to the exercise and had sent a team to discuss initial arrangements with the United States. He did not elaborate.