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A Chinese fighter jet takes off during military exercises around the Taiwan Island. Photograph: Xinhua via AP Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan are intended as a “serious warning” to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters, Beijing has said. The three days of large-scale air and sea exercises named Joint Sword that ended on Monday were a response to Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US house speaker Kevin McCarthy in California last week. China had warned of serious consequences if the meeting went ahead. Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the...
