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Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets prepare to take off from the airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Sunday. Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defence ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China’s missile forces. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, began three days of military exercises around the island on Saturday, the day after Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a brief visit to the United States. Chinese state television reported...
