China has been conducting military drills as 'punishment' for Taiwan's claims of independence.
Chinese newspaper The Global Times has issued a stark warning to Taiwan, a key U.S. partner in the Indo-Pacific who is fighting to maintain its independence from Beijing.China says that Taiwan, a self-governing island democracy in East Asia, is a territory of the People's Republic. This has long caused severe tension between China and Taiwan and strained relations between China and the United States, which has backed Taiwan independence.
'The 'Joint Sword-2024A' drills conducted by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army around the island of Taiwan fully demonstrate that the Taiwan authorities provoke once, we will take countermeasures once; if they provoke more, we will counter their provocations more fiercely, and we will do what we say,' the newspaper wrote.The Global Times, whose views do not always reflect official policy in China, warned of Taiwan 'playing with fire.
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