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China is conducting live-fire exercises in the southern part of the Yellow Sea, amid rising tensions with Taiwan.
Key Points:
About Yellow Sea
- The Yellow Sea derives its name from the colour of the silt-laden water discharged from the major Chinese rivers emptying into it.
- Yellow Sea is a large inlet of the western Pacific Ocean lying between mainland China on the west and north and the Korean peninsula on the east.
- The Yellow Sea is positioned to the north of the East China Sea.
- It is bordered by Mainland China in the north and west and by North Korea and South Korea in the east.
- It experiences a temperate monsoon climate.
