On Tuesday, China launched military exercises around Taiwan in what China said was a warning to Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te. In the exercises, Beijing sent warships and fighter planes around the island, practicing the seizure of Taiwan. 71 military aircraft and 21 navy ships were involved in the drills. China made clear the reasoning behind the exercises, announcing that they were held in retaliation to Lai calling China a “foreign hostile force.” China believes that Taiwan is its territory and that it will eventually absorb the land. 

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