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‘Live-fire drills’: China conducts second day of war games around Taiwan

A China Coast Guard vessel is seen on a giant screen showing news footage about the coastguard's law enforcement patrols in waters around Taiwan, outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, on April 1, 2025 [Florence Lo/Reuters]

China’s military said it has simulated attacks on high-value targets in Taiwan, including ports and energy facilities, as it carried out “live-fire” military drills around the self-ruled island on the second day of war-game exercises.

The drills on Wednesday, part of an operation titled “Strait Thunder-2025A”, were conducted in the middle and southern parts of the Taiwan Strait as well as the East China Sea, the military said.

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