Taiwan Begins Missile Tests Amid Chinese Military Drills in South China Sea


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China Harassing Journalists With Surveillance Built to Curb COVID-19 According to Taiwan's state-funded Central News Agency (CNA), the missile tests have attracted the attention of China's deep-sea scientific research vessel Dong Fang Hong 3, which appeared for the first time in the waters east of Taiwan this week. The ship has intelligence-gathering capabilities, reported CNA, citing a military source. On Monday, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration said it held live-fire drills on the Pratas Island—also known as Dongsha—and is planning another exercise on Itu Aba, which Taiwan calls Taiping Island, on March 23. Both islands are in the contested South China...