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Dubai / TEH: On Friday, China began holding military exercises in the Taiwan region, coinciding with the arrival of a delegation of US lawmakers to the island, in a visit that Beijing described as a “deliberate provocative act.” The Chinese Ministry of Defense said in a statement that it had “sent destroyers, frigates, bombers and fighter planes to participate in the naval and air exercises in the East China Sea and the airspace around Taiwan.” The statement added, “The misconduct and the use of tricks by the American side is very dangerous, and playing with fire is burning.” “The exercise...
