PoliticsChina touts 'live-fire' exercise amid Pelosi's possible Taiwan visit
PLA drill near Pingtan islands follows Beijing's warning to U.S. House speaker
China's one-sentence announcement gave no indication whether the July 30 exercise also might include missiles, fighter planes or other weapons. © AP
BEIJING (AP) -- China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.