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Reuters
Reuters
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By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee

China ends Taiwan drills after practising blockades, precision strikes

A jet fighter takes off from China's Shandong aircraft carrier, south of Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in this handout released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan April 10, 2023. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS

China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan on Monday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having practised precision strikes and blockading the island that Beijing views as its own.

Taiwan responded to Beijing's announcement by saying it would "never relax" its efforts to strengthen combat readiness and would closely monitor China's missile forces and movements of the Shandong aircraft carrier.

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