China begins military drills around Taiwan in ‘stern warning’ to Taipei

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Open this photo in gallery: A Navy miniature is seen in front of displayed Chinese and Taiwanese flags in this illustration taken, April 11, 2023.DADO RUVIC/Reuters China on Tuesday launched large scale military exercises around the self-ruled island of Taiwan, following weeks of rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei. In a statement, Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army, said the Chinese military was staging joint drills involving army, navy, air and rocket forces closing in on Taiwan “from multiple directions.” Mr. Shi described the exercises as a “stern warning and forceful deterrence”...