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Taiwan holds live-fire drills as China extends war games

Taiwan soldiers fire howitzers during a live-fire anti-landing drill in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan on August 9, 2022 [Sam Yeh / AFP]

Taiwan’s military has held live-fire artillery drills simulating a defence of the island as China continued the air and naval exercises it had launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled territory.

Taiwanese officials say Tuesday’s drills, which involved soldiers firing howitzer artillery out to sea, had long been scheduled and were not a reaction to China’s unprecedented war games.

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