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A squadron of Chinese Navy ships sailed through straits near Japan into the western Pacific this week, while Beijing on Friday blasted Tokyo's adoption of a new national security strategy putting itself on a more offensive footing — largely as a result of the perceived threat from China. The destroyers Lhasa and…