US plans major show of force

The Navy will be conducting a training exercise off China with 7 carrier groups.

The United States is planning a massive show of force in the Pacific Ocean near China to register a point with Beijing. In an exercise codenamed Operation Summer Pulse 04, it is expected to arrange for an unprecedented seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs) to rendezvous in waters a safe distance away from the Chinese coastline - but still within striking distance - after mid-July.

This is a friendly way to tell China to keep it's hands off Tiawan.