South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago
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Taiwan stages live-fire drill on mainland-facing island as Trump heads to Beijing
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Taiwan conducted a live-fire military drill on the island of Kinmen simulating a Chinese amphibious assault, coinciding with Donald Trump's arrival in Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping, raising Taiwanese concerns about being used as a negotiating pawn.
Taiwan stages live-fire drill on mainland-facing island as Trump heads to Beijing
Taiwan staged a large-scale live-fire drill on a frontline island near mainland China on Wednesday, hours before President Donald Trump was due to land in Beijing for high-stakes talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The exercise on Kinmen, also known as Quemoy, simulated a People’s Liberation Army amphibious assault on the coastline.
The coming Xi-Trump summit has triggered renewed anxiety in Taiwan that it could become a bargaining chip in their broader negotiations, after Trump indicated that
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