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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson in Taipei and Vincent Ni

Taiwan says China making simulated attack on main island

A Mirage 2000 fighter jet prepares to take off at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Saturday 6 August
A Mirage 2000 jet prepares to take off at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Saturday. Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA

China’s military has pressed ahead with its largest ever military drills, targeting Taiwan with what the island’s government called a simulated attack, including further incursions over the median line and drone flights over Taiwan’s outlying islands.

Western pushback on China’s live-fire drills, launched in response to a visit to Taiwan by the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, earlier in the week, also continued, with condemnation from senior US officials and foreign ministers from Australia and Japan.

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