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Post by sevenofnine on Aug 19, 2023 12:31:57 GMT -5
OH OH! China launched military drills around Taiwan as a "stern warning" after voicing anger over a stopover in the United States by the island's vice president, William Lai. Lai -- the frontrunner in Taiwan's presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing's claims to the island -- returned from a trip to Paraguay during which he stopped in New York and San Francisco. China has reacted angrily to the US stops, and reiterated that Lai was a "troublemaker" while vowing to take "resolute measures... to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity". The People's Liberation Army "launched joint air and sea patrols and military exercises of the navy and air force around the island of Taiwan." Taiwan said 42 warplanes had entered its air defence zone and that eight Chinese vessels had also cooperated in the exercises. Twenty-six of the warplanes involved cr newsoftheworld.us/china-launches-military-drills-around-taiwan-as-stern-warning
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