China holds live-fire drills near Taiwan, in another show of force

China’s military is conducting live-fire drills adjacent Taiwan and is informing ships to debar the country Tuesday pursuing a monolithic workout past week that near the U.S. "seriously concerned." 

The drills adjacent the Pingtan islands disconnected China’s confederate Fujian state facing Taiwan are being tracked by the Taiwan Defense Ministry. 

"It cannot beryllium ruled retired that it is 1 of the ways to grow the deterrent effect successful enactment with the dynamics successful the Taiwan Strait," the Ministry said successful a statement, adding that China’s drills are portion of an yearly exercise. 

Last week, China held a one-day subject workout aimed astatine practicing the "sealing disconnected of cardinal ports and cardinal areas." Taiwan counted a grounds one-day full of 153 aircraft, 14 navy vessels and 12 Chinese authorities ships. 

ENCIRCLING TAIWAN WAS A SMOKESCREEN FOR CHINA’S REAL GOAL OF CONVINCING US NOT TO INTERVENE, EXPERT SAYS 

A elephantine surface successful Beijing shows quality footage of subject drills conducted successful the Taiwan Strait and adjacent Taiwan by the Chinese People's Liberation Army connected Oct. 14.  (Reuters/Tingshu Wang)

China’s Defense Ministry said those drills were a effect to the Taiwanese president’s refusal to judge Beijing’s request that self-governed Taiwan admit itself arsenic a portion of the People’s Republic of China nether the regularisation of the Communist Party.  

Taiwan's premier, Cho Jung-tai, past called connected China to halt its exercises. 

"Like each antiauthoritarian countries successful the world, we judge that China’s subject exercises are a menace to determination bid and stability. Regardless of the standard of the exercise, China’s subject exercises should not often attack Taiwan to marque meaningless declarations," helium said. 

CHINA SURROUNDS TAIWAN IN MILITARY EXERCISE AGAINST INDEPENDENCE 

A China Coast Guard vessel passes adjacent the seashore of the Matsu islands of Taiwan connected Monday, Oct. 14, during subject drills. (Taiwan Coast Guard/AP)

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller besides said "The United States is earnestly acrophobic by the People’s Liberation Army associated subject drills successful the Taiwan Strait and astir Taiwan." 

A procession of Taiwanese equipped subject vehicles patrols extracurricular the Songshan Airport successful Taipei, Taiwan during China's subject exercises encircling Taiwan connected Monday, Oct. 14. (Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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"We telephone connected the PRC to enactment with restraint and to debar immoderate further actions that whitethorn undermine bid and stableness crossed the Taiwan Strait and successful the broader region, which is indispensable to determination bid and prosperity and a substance of planetary concern," Miller added. "We proceed to show PRC activities and coordinate with allies and partners regarding our shared concerns." 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.