00:01China launches live-firing exercises around Taiwan on the second day of its largest-ever war games aimed at rehearsing a blockade of the island.
00:09Named Justice Mission 2025, the drills began 11 days after the U.S. announced a record $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan.
00:18It has been Beijing's largest exercise to date by total coverage and proximity to the island nation.
00:23Taiwan's Defense Ministry says 130 Chinese military aircraft and 22 Navy and Coast Guard ships had been operating around the island in the past 24 hours.
00:33China's Eastern Theater Command says the live-firing exercise includes strikes on maritime and aerial targets as well as anti-submarine operations.
00:41Most of Taipei's flight routes have been blocked by the drills.
00:44This has affected more than 100,000 passengers and left only a small corridor to Japan for commercial flights.
00:50Beijing sees Taiwan as a renegade Chinese province.
00:54It has stated an aim to take the self-governing island and has not ruled out doing so by force.
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