Taiwan conducts live-fire drills on its outlying island amid rising tensions with China
Friday, October 25th 2024, 4:54:15 am
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Taiwan’s armed forces conducted a live-fire exercise on the outlying Penghu Island late Thursday evening, simulating the incursion of Chinese coast guard vessels and militia fishing boats into Taiwanese waters. (AP Video shot by Johnson Lai)
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