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TAIPEI - Taiwan 's defense ministry said on Tuesday that live fire Chinese drills in a province facing the island are part of routine annual drills but also possibly part of China 's "deterrence effect" in the waters of the Taiwan Strait. China 's Maritime Safety Administration, in a notice late Monday, said an area around Niushan island in Fujian province would be closed off for four hours from 9 a.m. on Tuesday for live fire drills.
It did not elaborate.China last week held a day of war games around the island Beijing views as its own territory it said were a warning to "separatist acts".Premier Cho Jung-tai told reporters in Taipei that China should not be carrying out any such exercises given their threat to regional peace and stability."No matter how large the scale of the drill is, they should not be frequent and close to Taiwan," he said. "This will only cause unnecessary tension.
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