China Launches War Games Near Taiwan



Newsweek: China Launches War Games Near Taiwan, Sends Official to Tell Island You Belong to Us

The Chinese military began live-fire exercises Wednesday in the waterway that separates it from Taiwan, a breakaway island nation still claimed by the mainland government in Beijing.

China's Taiwan Affairs Office Director Liu Jieyi said the drill, which the Fujian Maritime Safety Administration described as lasting from 8 a.m. to midnight local time, was designed to "safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," according to the official China Global Television Network. As Beijing increased and intensified its South China Sea presence, its rhetoric targeting Taiwanese autonomy has grown more militant.

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