Taiwan holds drills, says China seeks sea control | The Shepherd of the Hills Gazette

Taiwan's foreign minister said Tuesday that China was using military drills to rehearse an invasion of the island's self-governing democracy, while Taiwan's military began its own live-fire drills to show its readiness to repel a possible attack. Joseph Wu said Beijing aims to establish its dominance in the western Pacific and annex Taiwan, which it claims as its own territory. That would include cross-strait control of the East and South China Seas and prevent the US and its allies from helping Taiwan, he told a news conference in Taipei. China says its drills were prompted by US House Speaker Nancy…