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China said Sunday its Navy will stage live-ammunition drills in the Yellow Sea this week,after it condemned US-South Korean joint naval exercises in the region and vowed to respond in kind.
Beijing has said last months US-South Korea joint naval drills risked heightening tensions on the Korean peninsula and ignored Chinas objections to any foreign military exercises off its coast.
The Beihai Fleet of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Navy will conduct exercises from Wednesday to Saturday in the sea off the southeast coast of Qingdao city,where the fleet is headquartered,the official Xinhua News Agency said,citing the Defence Ministry. The drills are routine,annual training mostly involving the shooting of shipboard artillery,Xinhua said.
The US and South Korea have planned additional joint manoeuvres in the Yellow Sea early next month,although no dates have been fixed.
