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China to hold Yellow Sea naval exercises
BEIJING, -- China said Sunday it will conduct live-ammunition naval exercises in the Yellow Sea this week.
China's Ministry of National Defense said the Beihai Fleet's training will take place Wednesday through Saturday off the southeast coast of Qingdao, where the fleet is based, Xinhua reported.
The ministry's statement called it annual routine training that will primarily involve the firing of ship-mounted artillery, the state-run news agency said.
"The oncoming scheduled rehearsal will be held in accordance with the annual plan in a region, where exercises of the People's Liberation Army [of China] are traditional," the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported the statement as saying.
South Korea and the United States have conducted similar joint naval training in the Yellow Sea in the past several weeks and RIA Novosti noted they plan similar training activities in early September. South Korea and the United States have said the training is meant to convey a message of solidarity to North Korea, which the Seoul blames for the sinking of one of its navy ships in March.
BEIJING, -- China said Sunday it will conduct live-ammunition naval exercises in the Yellow Sea this week.
China's Ministry of National Defense said the Beihai Fleet's training will take place Wednesday through Saturday off the southeast coast of Qingdao, where the fleet is based, Xinhua reported.
The ministry's statement called it annual routine training that will primarily involve the firing of ship-mounted artillery, the state-run news agency said.
"The oncoming scheduled rehearsal will be held in accordance with the annual plan in a region, where exercises of the People's Liberation Army [of China] are traditional," the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported the statement as saying.
South Korea and the United States have conducted similar joint naval training in the Yellow Sea in the past several weeks and RIA Novosti noted they plan similar training activities in early September. South Korea and the United States have said the training is meant to convey a message of solidarity to North Korea, which the Seoul blames for the sinking of one of its navy ships in March.
