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Taiwan dispatches forces to areas around island after China starts ‘punishment’ drills

today23 May, 2024

Background

China has begun two days of “punishment” drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to “separatist acts”. The exercises come three days after William Lai Ching-te took office as Taiwan’s new president, a man Beijing views as a “separatist”. Laura Westbrook reports for us.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen