When Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen defied warnings from China to meet with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California earlier this month, Beijing's aggressive military response reverberated around the world.In actions that only fuelled fears that communist-ruled China may be preparing to invade its democratically ruled neighbour, the People's Liberation Army simulated a blockade of the island, sending an aircraft carrier and 12 naval ships to encircle it, and flying over a hundred warplanes into its air defence identification zone during a three-day military drill.China's ruling Communist Party, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory despite never having controlled it, described the drills as "joint precision strikes" that should serve as a "serious warning against the Taiwan separatist forces."
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