BEIJING: China on Tuesday showed off its increasingly sophisticated air power, including surveillance drones and jets, able to jam hostile electronic equipment with an eye on disputed territories from Taiwan to the South China Sea and rivalry with the United States.

The country's biggest airshow, in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, comes as Beijing pushes to meet a 2035 deadline to retool its military for modern warfare.

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