FRANCE 24 English China launches military drills simulating blockade of Taiwan ports • FRANCE 24 English

China launched live-fire drills around Taiwan on December 29 that it said would simulate a blockade of the self-ruled island’s key ports. The decision follows a bumper round of arms sales to Taipei by the United States, Taiwan’s main security backer. For US President Donald Trump, it is a way of containing China and bargain with Beijing. FRANCE 24’s Philip Turle tells us more.
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