No military drill should target or harm the interests of any third party, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian at a press conference on Tuesday.
Lin made the remarks in responding to a media query on the ongoing joint military drills between the United States and the Philippines.
"No military drill should target or harm the interests of any third party, nor should it undermine the trust between countries or jeopardize peace and stability in the region. Relevant countries should immediately stop infringement and provocation at sea, stop inciting confrontation, and do more things that are conducive to regional peace and stability, rather than using the spiritual victory method to comfort themselves," Lin said.
According to the Philippine military, the exercise, dubbed "Balikatan 2024," runs from April 22 to May 10, involving around 5,000 Philippine and 11,000 U.S. troops, making it the largest iteration of the Philippines-U.S. joint drills in decades.
Any military drill should target or harm interests of any third party: Chinese spokesman
A fifth grader in Shaoxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, has been praised by the school for her acts of saving a classmate from choking via the Heimlich maneuver.
Security camera video recorded on May 8 shows that Li Lexin, a student with the Qingfangcheng No. 2 Primary School, is walking home with her two classmates and finds out that one of the classmates suddenly begins struggling in breathing. He is later found to be chocked by an ice cube.
"I realized he was choking, and I was a little bit in panic. But the Heimlich rescue approach soon popped up in my mind. And I quickly took his backpack off, used the Heimlich maneuver, and after two compressions, he spit out the ice cube stuck in his throat," Li said.
Thanks to regular first-aid trainings carried out at Li's school, Li saved the classmate from the dangerous situation in just six seconds.
"When it comes to student safety education, in addition to the regular '11530' safety education reminder and the monthly emergency drill, we will, on other occasions of safety education, routinely teach the students safety knowledge and provide them with safety skills training," said Xu Xudong, principal of the Qingfangcheng No. 2 Primary School.
The "11530" safety education reminder refers to one-minute safety reminder told by parents to their children before school, one-minute safety education carried out by teachers for their students after classes, five-minute morning talks carried out by teachers with their students on weekends, and 30-minute safety education course for students before each major holiday or on each safety education day.
Primary school student saves choking classmate via Heimlich maneuver
