China holds large military exercises in 'major warning' to Taiwan

China has held military drills around Taiwan with increasing regularity in recent years, in what Taiwan has called a "provocation."

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00:00China held large-scale military exercises around Taiwan and its islands in what it called

00:07a warning against Taiwan's independence.

00:12The drills come days after Taiwan's President Lai gave a speech on Taiwan's National Day.

00:17He said China has no right to represent the island and declared his commitment to resist

00:22annexation.

00:25Taiwan's defense ministry condemns the drills as a provocation and say they are prepared

00:29to retaliate.

00:48China have increased its military exercises around Taiwan in recent years.

00:54In May, similar large-scale drills followed Lai's inauguration.

00:59China has previously said Taiwan's independence is a dead end and that annexation by Beijing

01:05is a historical inevitability.