China launches drills to 'warn' Taiwan

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 20, 2023 12:15 am

BEIJING: China launched air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a 'stern warning' after the island's deputy leader visited the United States.

William Lai, the frontrunner in Taiwan's leadership election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing's claims to the self-governing island, returned on Friday from a trip to Paraguay, during which he stopped in New York and San Francisco.

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