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China military holds combat exercises around Taiwan as US senator visits China’s military says it recently held joint combat readiness exercises, patrols, and combat drills in the sea and airspace around Taiwan as a senior US senator visited the self-ruled island. The eastern theater command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in a statement on Friday said the drills were held in response to "collusion and provocations" by the United States and Chinese Taipei. Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Chinese Defense Ministry, said several Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait in the northern part...
