Chinese Army holds live shelling drill in an apparent message to Indian Army

Chinese Army holds live shelling drill in an apparent message to Indian Army

Beijing: China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers of an artillery regiment conducted a live shell drill in the Gobi desert.

The PLA organised and conducted live-fire confrontaion exercise on July 28, 2017.

China is currently engaged in a border standoff with Indian forces in the Doklam area near the Bhutan tri-junction since June after a Chinese Army's construction party attempted to build a road. Doka La is the Indian name for the region which Bhutan recognises as Doklam, while China claims it as part of its Donglang region.