BEIJING (AP) — China is staging joint war games featuring mock beach landing, helicopter assaults and tank battles along its east coast facing Taiwan, just days before the inauguration of the self-governing island’s new independence-leaning president.
The Defense Ministry said Wednesday the air, land and sea drills were aimed at “testing and upgrading the ability to respond to security threats and complete military missions.”
The drills were “not aimed at any specific target and relevant persons shouldn’t read too much into it,” the ministry said. The statement in question-and-answer format did not mention Taiwan.
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Source: KXAN
