Resident Hu Fen-ying, 56, walks on concrete tracks built for tanks on the Taiwan-controlled island of Matsu just only 34.26 km (21.3 miles) from China's military exercise area March 19. Chinese troops pounded a deserted islet with artillery fire in a mock battle to capture it and shook local residents with dawn gunfire onTuesday, launching the third round of war games in the Taiwan strait.

TAIWAN CHINA ISLANDS