HONG KONG—China wrapped up four days of live-fire and combat exercises that demonstrated its growing offensive capabilities against Taiwan and updated Beijing’s tools to intimidate the island democracy.
On Sunday, the People’s Liberation Army said it conducted a joint exercise in the waters and airspace near the island to test the PLA’s capacity to strike ground targets and engage in long-range air combat. China Central Television broadcast footage of the exercises on its evening news, showing fighter jets and strategic bombers, the latter armed with air-to-surface missiles, carrying out what the state broadcaster described as simulated attacks.
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