China, Thailand are set for joint military training

The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military on Sunday.

The training will include air support, strikes on ground targets and smalland large-scale troop deployment, the Chinese Defense Ministry posted on its website.

China’s expanding military activities in the Asia-pacific region have alarmed the United States and its allies and form part of a growing strategic and economic competition that has inflamed tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

The Associated Press The training between China and Thailand will include air support and strikes on ground targets, the Chinese Defense Ministry said.