The Taiwanese military is finishing up a week of ‘rapid-response’ exercises, aimed at boosting the island’s ability to react to threats from China. Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to take the self-ruled democracy, even by force. Recently, there has been an uptick in tensions, after China sent dozens of military planes into areas near Taiwan. DW’s East Asia Correspondent James Chater reports now from Taipei.
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