"Taiwan has accused China of using the Pelosi visit as an excuse to kickstart drills that would
allow it to rehearse for an invasion.
allow it to rehearse for an invasion.
Lou
Woei-jye, spokesman for Taiwan's Eighth Army Corps, told AFP its forces
fired howitzers and target flares as part of the defensive drill on
Thursday morning.
The exercise in Taiwan's southernmost county Pingtung began at 0830 am (0030 GMT) and lasted about an hour, he said.
Artillery
trucked in from the coast was lined up side by side, with armed
soldiers in units firing the howitzers out to sea one after the other, a
livestream showed." France24
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