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A man walks with a flag as a ship passes by behind him on Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in Chinas southeast Fujian province. Photograph: Greg Baker/Getty Images Forty-two Chinese fighter jets briefly crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as China began drills around Taiwan in anger at president Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the US House of Representatives. The three-day drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely expected after China condemned her Wednesday meeting with speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles. China views...
