Taiwan’s defence ministry has strongly condemned the drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SHANGHAI - China’s military began drills around Taiwan on Saturday, saying it was a “serious warning” to separatist forces, in an angry and widely expected response toMr Lai, the front-runner to be Taiwan’s next president at elections in January, returned from the United States on Friday, where he officially made only stopovers on his way to and from Paraguay, though he gave speeches while in the country.
It said it was also holding joint exercises and training of naval and air forces, focussing on subjects such as ship-aircraft coordination and seizing control, to test the forces’ “actual combat capabilities”. “The launch of the military exercise this time not only does not help peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, but also highlights militaristic mentality,” the ministry said in a statement.
Shortly before the military’s announcement, the Taiwan Work Office of China’s ruling Communist Party said Mr Lai was “shamelessly” trying to “rely on the United States to seek independence”.
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