April 10 — China's Military Drills, Tensions in South China Sea

Every day, I ask ChatGPT to read the top 1000 trending news articles and summarize only the important ones. No junk news, ever: if nothing important happens, nothing gets posted.

Today we have 4 articles with the importance over 6:

After removing duplicates and repeats, we’re left with one piece:

China ends military drills after simulating strikes on Taiwan — The Guardian

China's military recently concluded a three-day exercise targeting Taiwan, involving missile attacks and ship-launched strikes. The drills were in response to a meeting between Taiwan's president and a US official. Japan's military responded by scrambling jets as over 100 Chinese warplanes and ships were detected near Taiwan. The US sent a naval destroyer through contested parts of the South China Sea, angering China, which claimed it had "illegally intruded" into its territorial waters.

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The News Minimalist