China says drills around Taiwan to 'combat arrogance of separatists'
China has said its recent military activity around the self-ruled island of Taiwan was intended to “combat the arrogance” of alleged separatists. Beijing claims the democratic island, which lies about 160 kilometres (100 miles) from China’s eastern coast, as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve its goals.Keep reading list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4In the Taiwan Strait, tensions leave Kinmen with piles of garbage list 2 of 4Taiwan says China’s increased military drills ‘abnormal’,