Taiwan flags China's 'shooting' drills off southwest coast

TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's military has set up a drill zone for "shooting training" about 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Taiwan's southwest coast without prior notification, the island's defence ministry said on Wednesday.

The training endangers the safety of international flights and shipping and is a "blatant provocation" to regional peace and stability, the ministry said in a statement, adding that it had dispatched its own forces to keep watch.

(Reporting by Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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