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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Frederik Kelter

Purges in China’s military allow Taiwan some respite – for now

Chinese military recruits take part in a training exercise at a base in Hebei province, north China [File: China Newsphoto/Reuters]

Danny Jia was walking down a street outside Taiwan’s Taoyuan city in late December when he suddenly heard automatic gunfire.

Not far from Jia’s location that morning, the 249th mechanised infantry brigade of the Taiwanese armed forces was conducting military drills at Guanyin beach on the island’s northwest coast.

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