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china is to carry out largest military exercises of the year this month aimed at sending a ''substantial warning'' to taiwan separatists, state media reported yesterday. the military drills will take place on dongshan lsland in southeastern chnia's fujian province, just 150 nautical miles west of taiwam's penghu lsland, the beijing news said. ''the dongshan lsland exercises are difflerent fron exercises....... lt is joint exercise of the three militaries (army, air force and navy). lt's the people's lideration army's(PLA) largest- scale exercise this year,'' the beijing news said the report did not say when the drills would start or how long they would last bot similar drills in 2001 lasted for four months. nor did it reveal how many soldiers would take part.