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About 20 military ships - half from China and half from Taiwan - are involved in a stand-off near the Taiwan Strait's sensitive median line, Reuters reports. China has also conducted simulated attacks on foreign military targets off Taiwan's southwest coast on Sunday, the news agency said, citing a source familiar with the situation. It comes on the second of three days of Chinese military drills around the island, which on Saturday saw dozens of Chinese military aircraft cross the median line that serves as an unofficial barrier between the two sides. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its...