China Conducts Air and Sea Drills Around Taiwan as ‘Stern Warning’

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China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a “stern warning" after the island’s vice president visited the United States. William Lai — the frontrunner in Taiwan’s presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing’s claims to the island — stopped in New York and San Francisco on Friday while returning from a trip to Paraguay. China has reacted angrily, on Saturday reiterating that Lai was a “troublemaker" and vowing to take “resolute measures… to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity". The People’s Liberation Army “launched joint air and sea patrols...