SHANGHAI: China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday (Aug 19) as a 'serious warning' to separatist forces in an angry but widely expected response to Vice President William Lai's visit to the United States, drawing condemnation from Taipei. Lai, the front-runner to become Ta
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In text accompanying the footage, set to a thumping orchestral score, it said that the drills were to"test the actual combat capabilities of joint operations of forces in the theatre". The government's Mainland Affairs Council, which makes Taiwan's China policy, urged Beijing to stop its intimidation and start talks, saying that Taiwan's people were determined to defend themselves and would never succumb to threats of force.
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