Next year, China will participate for the first time in a major international naval exercise called Rimpac that is largely comprised of U.S. allies.

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While New Delhi has yet to sign on to the Proliferation Security Initiative, the biennial American led RIMPAC naval exercises held this summer included India as an observer nation for the first time.

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