_____________________________________.Taiwan's coast guard, which protects the tiny coral island, matched the legislative visit with a series of live-fire exercises using more than 140 grenades, mortars and machine guns. Group leader and legislator Lin Yufang told a news conference Taiwan can now defend the small islet. Taiping belongs to the Spratly Chain and is one of about 500 islets in the disputed ocean area. Ralph Jennings for VOA News, Taipei.保护这座小珊瑚岛的台湾海岸护卫队为配合此次立法机关的参访进行了一系列实弹演习,演习中使用了140多枚手榴弹,迫击炮和机关枪.此行小组的组长,立法委员林玉方在新闻发布会上表示,台湾现有能力保卫这座小岛.太平岛属于南沙群岛群岛,是争议海域内500多座岛屿中的其中之一.Ralph Jennings, VOA 新闻,台北报道.
