China holds military exercises around Taiwan in fresh warning

Taipei, Taiwan | China launched military exercises pressing in on Taiwan on Tuesday, sending warships and fighter planes in what Beijing said was a warning to the island-democracy's president, Lai Ching-te, after he called China a "foreign hostile force". Chinese land, navy, air and missile forces would "approach close" to Taiwan and practice "seizure of overall control, strikes on sea and land targets, and the blockade and control of key areas and lanes" at sea, Senior Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the People's Liberation Army regional command that oversees Taiwan, said in a statement issued on Chinese state-run media….