Chinese and Indonesian Navies Hold Exercise East of Taiwan

The Chinese and Indonesian navies concluded a maritime exercise in waters east of Taiwan, according to the PLA Eastern Theater Command. The drill involved frigates from both countries. Separately, the PLA Navy's 49th escort taskforce departed for the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters, and a Chinese navy hospital ship made a technical stop at a PLA support base in Djibouti. The exercise east of Taiwan is seen as part of China's military signaling toward Japan and others.