China launches air and sea military drills around Taiwan
by Helen Davidson in Taipei and Vincent Ni China affa from World news | The Guardian on (#624V6)
Beijing fired missiles across north of island as G7 and Asean condemn hostilities and call for calm
China has put Asia on edge after launching huge military exercises in the air and seas around Taiwan, firing missiles across the populated north of the island, disrupting one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and diverting hundreds of flights in a brazen show of force.
Taipei accused Beijing of imitating global pariah state North Korea, while Japan - which already has a tense relationship with China - said at least five of the 11 Dongfeng ballistic missiles fired on Thursday landed in its exclusive economic zone.
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