Taiwan government says China launches ballistic missiles during military exercises

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China launched "complications" Ballistic missiles are in the waters off Taiwan on Thursday as part of its military exercisesTaiwan's Defense Ministry said what it described as "irrational acts that undermine regional peace". "The Chinese Communist Party fired several Dongfeng ballistic missiles into waters around northeastern and southwestern Taiwan at about 1:56 p.m. (local time)," the Defense Ministry said in a brief statement. In a show of force, the Chinese government decided to conduct its largest military exercises in decades around Taiwan after a visit to the island US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The live shooting exercises began around 12:00 p.m….