BEIJING China`s military carried out drills along the border with Myanmar on Tuesday, in a show of force to highlight its resolve to protect its people, state news agency Xinhua said, following clashes between Myanmar security forces and ethnic rebels.
In accordance with existing agreements, China informed Myanmar`s military ahead of the drills, it added.
China has repeatedly expressed concern about fighting along the border that has occasionally spilled into its territory, for instance in 2015, when five people died in China.
Fighting this month in Myanmar pushed thousands of people into China to seek refuge, prompting Beijing to call for a ceasefire between ethnic militias and the security forces.
It quoted a Chinese army colonel as saying the exercises showed "the People`s Liberation Army`s resolute resolve" to protect the security of the border and the lives of residents there.
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