Taiwan raises concerns about situation ‘getting out of hand’ with China drills

Customers dine near a giant screen broadcasting news footage of aircraft of the Air Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) taking part in a combat readiness patrol and “Joint Sword” exercises around Taiwan, at a restaurant in Beijing, China April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TAIPEI, Sept 23 (Reuters) – The increased frequency of China’s military activities around Taiwan recently has raised the risk of events “getting out of hand” and sparking an accidental clash, the island’s defence minister said on Saturday. Taiwan has said that the past two weeks has…