CHINA-INTERNAL: MILITARY EXERCISES
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China's Ministry of National Defense announced on July 29, 2014, that a military exercise will be conducted off China's southeast coast in the East China Sea starting July 29. The website of the Maritime Safety Administration posted a notice issued by the PLA warning fishing vessels against entering certain waters in China's Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea between July 25 and August 1 because a "military mission" is being carried out in the area. The PLA was scheduled to also conduct live fire training in the South China Sea's Beibu Gulf from July 26 to August 1. It is rare that the PLA carries out military exercises in all four seas simultaneously. Liu Jiangping, a Professor with Beihang University and a navy expert was quoted by Global Times as saying that "The scale of this year's routine military exercises is the largest over the past few years, and their breadth and depth are also impressive."
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