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UPDATE 1-China to conduct military drills in waters near Taiwan

Published 07/29/2019, 02:00 PM
UPDATE 1-China to conduct military drills in waters near Taiwan

(Adds Taiwan defence ministry comment; paragraphs 6,7)
BEIJING, July 29 (Reuters) - China's military is holding
exercises this week in waters near Taiwan, China's maritime
safety agency said days after Beijing reiterated it was ready to
fight if there was any move towards independence for the
self-ruled island.
The agency did not say when the exercises would be held or
what type of forces would be involved but it placed an area off
the coast of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, west of Taiwan, off
limits from 6 a.m. on Monday (2200 GMT Sunday) to 6 p.m. on
Friday (1000 GMT), due to military activity.
It also said an area off the coast of Zhejiang province,
northeast of Taiwan, was off limits for military exercises until
Thursday evening.
China claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as its own and
has never renounced the use of force to bring it under Beijing's
control.
In recent years, it has stepped up its military drills
around Taiwan, including regularly flying what Beijing calls
"island encirclement" exercises and sending warships into
surrounding waters.
Taiwan has been closely monitoring the situation in the
strait to ensure safety and regional stability, the defence
ministry said.
"The national army continues to reinforce its key defence
capacity and is definitely confident and capable of defending
the nation's security," it said in a statement.
The island held its own annual military exercises in May,
vowing to defend itself against China's growing threat.
China last week reiterated it would be ready to go to war
against those who tried to split Taiwan from the country,
accusing the United States of undermining global stability and
denouncing its arms sales to the island.

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