Taiwan holds drills simulating defense against China attacks
Taiwan is holding five days of military drills simulating a response to a Chinese invasion. The exercises come amid growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan on Monday launched the annual Han Kuang drill, during which the island nation’s preparedness for a possible Chinese invasionis tested and refined.
The five-day exercises come as relations between Taipei and Beijing are particularly strained following the inauguration speech on May 20 of President Lai Ching-te, which China denounced as being full of separatist content.
China considers democratically governed Taiwan to be its territory and has not ruled out using military force to assert its claimed sovereignty.
