China announces navy drill ahead of US show of force

The Chinese navy will hold a live-ammunition exercise in the Yellow Sea, where Washington and Seoul announced their own plan for a military exercise that has riled Beijing, China's Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.

The Ministry said a naval fleet will stage the drill this week from Wednesday to Saturday in the sea between China and the Korean peninsula, the official Xinhua news agency reported. "This is an annual routine training exercise, mainly involving the firing of shipboard artillery," the Ministry said, according to Xinhua. (Reuters)