Taiwan says fired flares to warn off drone near remote island

TAIPEI, July 28 —Taiwan's military fired flares today to warn away a drone that "glanced by" a strategically-located and heavily fortified island close to the Chinese coast that was possibly probing its defences, the Taiwanese Defence Ministry said. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained of stepped up Chinese military manoeuvres over the past two years or so to try and force the democratically elected government in Taipei to accept Beijing's sovereignty. The ministry said the drone twice "glanced by" the air space of Dongyin island, part of the Matsu archipelago off the coast of China's Fujian…