Chinese navy drills with aircraft carrier in western Pacific

China's People's Liberation Army Navy held routine training ‌exercises on Wednesday ‌with its Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group in the ⁠waters ​of ⁠the western Pacific, state broadcaster ⁠CCTV said.

The drills followed ​the navy's annual training ⁠plan aimed at testing and ⁠boosting ​combat readiness, and were not directed ⁠at specific countries or targets, ⁠it ⁠added.