China holds military exercises around Taiwan in fresh warning

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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....