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China was due to hold live-fire drills on Monday to round off three days of military exercises in response to Taiwan's president meeting with the US House speaker. Dubbed "Joint Sword", the three-day operation has included rehearsing an encirclement of Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command said. China's war games involved sending planes, ships and personnel into "the maritime areas and air space" around all four sides of Taiwan.

China's military said on Wednesday it has "successfully completed" various tasks around Taiwan after around a week of drills.