U.S. and Philippine armed forces fired missiles and artillery to thwart a simulated invasion in the Philippines' northern waters facing Taiwan on Monday, in a show of military force and strengthening ties as regional tensions rise. The exercises have irked China, which has warned of destabilisation when countries outside the region "flex muscles and stoke confrontation".
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