Taiwan steps up alertness after detecting test-firing by China's missile unit

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Saturday it was monitoring "waves of test-firing" by China's missile unit in a region more than 1,600 kilometres from the self-ruled island and that its air force stepped up its alertness. China views the democratic island as a breakaway province that should be reunified with the mainland. According to Taiwan's military news agency, the ministry had detected "multiple waves of test-firing operations" by China's Rocket Force in Inner Mongolia on Saturday. It did not give details on the tests taken by the force, which takes charge of China's arsenal of missiles. It is not immediately clear…