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#BREAKING China says continuing military drills around Taiwan
#UPDATE China's military's eastern command says fresh drills have been carried out around Taiwan Monday, as China defies calls for it to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the democratic island.

Those military exercises were expected to draw to a close on Sunday
#UPDATE China continues military drills around Taiwan.

It has deployed fighter jets, warships and ballistic missiles in what analysts describe as practice for a blockade and ultimate invasion of the self-ruled island which China claims as its territory

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Senior Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman prompts a storm of ridicule online, after tweeting that the number of Shandong and Shanxi restaurants in Taipei prove Beijing's claim over Taiwan

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