BEIJING: China’s military conducted war games in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) this week, an official newspaper said on Friday, as tensions simmer over Beijing’s island-building in the region.

Beijing insists that it has sovereignty over virtually all of the resource-rich West Philippine Sea, conflicting with the various claims of Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Brunei Darussalam.

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