China, Taiwan and drill
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China launched live-fire drills around Taiwan that it said would simulate a blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports, prompting Taipei to condemn Beijing's "military intimidation."
The exercises ended months of relative calm across the Taiwan Strait, and came after the Trump administration announced plans for arms sales to the island.
Taipei condemns exercise that Chinese army calls ‘a stern warning’ against separatist and external forces
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