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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. China on Wednesday announced that it has "successfully completed" its week-long and unprecedented military drills that have essentially encircled Taiwan in retaliation to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island and warned that Beijing will organise regular combat patrols as a new normal to enforce its one-China policy. World News | China's PLA Says 'successfully Completed' High-intensity Military Drills Around Taiwan.

Taiwanese foreign minister Joseph Wu on Tuesday accused China of using air and sea drills encircling the island to prepare for an invasion and to change the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region. "China has used the drills and its military playbook to prepare for the invasion of Taiwan," Wu said while addressing a press conference in Taipei, reports AFP. He added, "It is conducting large-scale military exercises and missile launches, as well as cyber-attacks, a disinformation campaign and economic coercion in order to weaken public morale in Taiwan."

The Chinese military exercises kicked off after Pelosi angered Beijing by visiting Taipei last week to show her support for democracy on the island which China views as a rebel province that must be reunified with the mainland, even by force.

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