Taiwan said the drills showed Beijing was destroying regional peace and trying to cow Taiwan's people.
Copies of newspapers showing China's People's Liberation Army conducting conventional missile tests into the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan, in Hong Kong, China, August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuBEIJING/TAIPEI, Dec 25 - China's military said it had conducted "strike drills" in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to what it said was provocation from the democratically-governed island and the United States.
In a brief statement, the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army said it had carried out "joint combat readiness patrols and joint firepower strike drills" around Taiwan, though it did not specify the exact location. Taiwan's defence ministry said China's actions "once again highlight its mentality of resolving differences by force and destroying regional peace and stability".
Taiwan has complained of repeated Chinese military activity nearby over the last three years or so as Beijing seeks to pressure Taipei to accept Chinese sovereignty.
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