BEIJING: China has said it would stage military exercises in the East China Sea near Taiwan this week, with relations tense between Beijing and the self-ruled island.

This will be the third set of drills in a month and comes after the recent US approvals of arms sales worth billions to Taiwan, including F-16 fighter jets.

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