China holds 'shooting' drills off Taiwan's coast, vows 'reunification' push

Taipei says exercises endanger safety of international flights and shipping

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A member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy stands guard on the Shijiazhuang, a guided-missile destroyer, at a port in Qingdao, China. © Reuters

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's military held "shooting training" on Wednesday off Taiwan's southwest coast in a move Taipei described as provocative and dangerous, while a senior Chinese leader vowed unswerving efforts to bring the island under Beijing's control.

Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has repeatedly complained of Chinese military activities, including several rounds of full-scale war games over the past three years.

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