Chinese live-fire military drills that will surround Taiwan have kicked off - as Truss tells Beijing to de-escalate the crisis
Tensions are running high as Beijing's forces moved in to start live-fire drills in busy shipping routes that Taipei considers tantamount to a blockade.
China's state broadcaster, CCTV, said: "From 12:00 today to 12:00 [04:00 GMT] on the 7th, the People’s Liberation Army is conducting an important military training exercise and organised live fire. The issue is a sensitive topic in geopolitics. Most countries do not recognise it as a state but do have some form of economic relations, and it has not formally declared independence from China – something Beijing would view as unacceptable.Its complicated ties with mainland China stem from its history, when nationalist forces that lost the civil war fled to the island while the communists seized power.
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