TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has launched large-scale military drills on all sides of Taiwan and its outlying islands as “punishment for separatist acts” just days after Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, was sworn in.
The drills, which will continue through Friday, will send Chinese navy vessels and warplanes into waters and skies in five locations close to Taiwan’s coast, according to a map released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
