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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Taiwan Holds Military Drill after China Repeats Threats

A TV news shows a map marking the areas where China is conducting live fire exercises near Taiwan, at a beauty salon in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Aug 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan's army held another live-fire drill Thursday after Beijing ended its largest-ever military exercises around the island, as it repeated threats to bring the self-ruled democracy under its control.

Beijing has raged at a trip to Taiwan last week by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- the highest-ranking elected American official to visit in decades -- staging days of air and sea drills around the island that raised tensions to their highest level in years.

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