TAIPEI: China launched unprecedented live-fire military drills in six areas that ring Taiwan, a day after a visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled island that Beijing regards as Chinese territory.
Soon after the scheduled start at 12pm yesterday, China’s state broadcaster CCTV said the drills had begun and would end at 12pm on Sunday. They would include live firing on the waters and in the airspace surrounding Taiwan, it said.
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