China has began army drills surrounding the self-governing island of Taiwan, based on Chinese language state media.
The state-run Xinhua information company mentioned the Japanese Theatre Command of the Individuals’s Liberation Military began the drills at 7:45am (23:45 GMT) on Thursday within the Taiwan Strait, the north, south and east of Taiwan, in addition to areas across the islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu and Dongyin.
It didn’t say how lengthy the drills would final.
Taiwan’s new president William Lai Ching-te took his oath of workplace on Monday and known as on Beijing to cease its “intimidation”.
China claims the island as its personal and has not dominated out using drive to realize its targets.
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