Chinese soldiers will participate in the annual Thai-US military drill for the first time. The drill will start on Tuesday and last 13 days. China will send 17 soldiers who will participate in the delivery of humanitarian aid, including coordination, project aid, medical aid and military medical exchanges. The drill will involve about 4-thousand Thai solders and 9-thousand US soldiers. Troops from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia will also join the drill. This year’s drill will involve mock warfare on land, in water and in the air and will include live-fire exercises. 11 countries will send military officers to observe the exercises.
