China launches mock missile strikes on Taiwan to ‘punish’ new president

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A sign of bigger things to come? It's just days after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te was sworn into office in Taipei and China is making a big statement - with these so-called "punishment" drills. The island's new leader is loathed by Beijing even more than his predecessor, describing Mr Lai as a "dangerous separatist". Beijing took great offence at President Lai using the word China to describe China. It believes that revealed his real thinking - that they're two separate countries. Now Beijing has carried out numerous blockades before of course, but this time it is casting it as a...