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Chinese Navy Conducts Live Fire Drills Near Korean Peninsula

© AP Photo / Xinhua, Wu Dengfeng, FileIn this April 26, 2012 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese navy's missile destroyer DDG-112 Harbin fires a shell during the China-Russia joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea
In this April 26, 2012 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese navy's missile destroyer DDG-112 Harbin fires a shell during the China-Russia joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea - Sputnik International
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The People’s Liberation Army Navy kicked off drills near the Korean Peninsula Thursday, firing live rounds of ammunition. China’s exercise mirrors drills underway by the US and its allies, the South China Morning Post reports.

China's four-day exercise started Thursday afternoon and will end on Monday around 4 p.m., the Liaoning Maritime Safety Administration said in a notice.

The maritime safety agency demarcated a rectangular area west of of Dalian, in Liaoning province, China, as the general vicinity for where the drills would take place. Beijing's navy operates a key base for its North Sea Fleet in Dialian, according to SCMP. It's unclear how many vessels will participate in the exercise.

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