Xi Tests Trump on Taiwan With Drills Firing Dozens of Rockets

China fired dozens of rockets into waters near Taiwan as part of its most expansive exercises in decades, testing Donald Trump’s support for the self-ruled island after a major US weapons sale.

The People’s Liberation Army conducted a second-day of snap drills on Tuesday, simulating a blockade of one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, as part of live-fire exercises encircling the global chip hub. For the first time since then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei over three years ago, China announced drill zones cutting into Taiwan’s territorial waters and no-fly warnings for the affected areas.

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