INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chinese coastguard and military forces took part in a large land-air-sea emergency rescue exercise near the disputed Woody Island on
Thursday, as Beijing continues to assert its claims in the South China Sea.
More than 200 personnel, 15 vessels and two rescue helicopters
carried out what was described by the government and state media as “the largest rescue drill in recent years”.
Woody Island, called
Yongxing Island by China, is part of the Paracel Islands, a contested archipelago known as the...
