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Beijing dismissed concerns Thursday over recent reports of Chinese military aircraft manoeuvres near Japanese territory and in the South China Sea, state media said, calling them routine exercises.
Chinese planes recently passed through the Miyako Strait between Japan's Miyako and Okinawa Islands, China's defence ministry said in a statement on its website Saturday.
In a separate incident, US broadcaster Fox News reported last week that a Chinese bomber circumnavigated a disputed area of the South China Sea, a move seen as a message to US president-elect Donald Trump who has attacked Beijing's actions in the region.
China insists on sovereignty over virtually all the resource-rich waters, despite rival claims from its Southeast Asian neighbours.
The flights were "routine", Chinese Air Force spokesman Shen Jinke said, according to the official Xinhua news service.
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