World IN BRIEF : CHINA : Military Exercise Reportedly Planned
From Times Wire Reports
A Hong Kong newspaper reported that China will begin a mass-scale military exercise this week involving 400,000 infantry, air force and navy personnel in coastal areas opposite Taiwan. The Sing Tao Daily report said the planned exercise shows the determination of China’s military to prevent Taiwan from declaring independence and warned Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui not to “walk too far on the road to Taiwan’s independence.” The exercise will last more than a month, said the report, which cited unnamed sources.
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