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Artillery Drill To Begin In East China Sea

June 29 2010

China

The Chinese military says it will hold six days of live-fire artillery drills in the East China Sea starting on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

The drills have been reported as a response to a planned military exercise between South Korea and the United States. Chinese officials, however, called the timing a coincidence.

China's Foreign Ministry expressed concern last week over rumors that a U.S. aircraft carrier would take part in an exercise next month in the Yellow Sea.

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