China starts large-scale military exercises around Taiwan

The government in Taipei has been swift to condemn the war games as a “challenge to international law”. It said it had deployed what it called appropriate forces in response to Beijing's exercises. The war games come after the largest ever US arms sales to the island.

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(Photo: A Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel patrols along the Kinmen-Xiamen water passage; Credit: Daniel Ceng/ EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)