Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inspects on a Kidd-class destroyer during a navy exercise in the northeastern port of Suao in Yilan county on Friday. Photo: AP
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inspects on a Kidd-class destroyer during a navy exercise in the northeastern port of Suao in Yilan county on Friday. Photo: AP
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Beijing ‘takes aim at Taipei’ with ‘last-minute’ live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait

A military insider says the exercise, which includes China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier, was timed to coincide with a visit to Africa by Taiwan’s leader

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Updated: 2:33pm, 18 Apr, 2018

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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inspects on a Kidd-class destroyer during a navy exercise in the northeastern port of Suao in Yilan county on Friday. Photo: AP
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inspects on a Kidd-class destroyer during a navy exercise in the northeastern port of Suao in Yilan county on Friday. Photo: AP
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