Balanced News: China says it carried out more military drills around Taiwan

The latest Chinese drills around Taiwan are the second major military exercises in less than a month. China’s military has said it carried out military exercises around the self-ruled island of Taiwan that focussed on land strikes and sea assaults, the second such drills in less than a month. China carried out similar exercises late last month after the United States passed a defence spending bill that included support for Taiwan, with Taipei reporting that 43 Chinese aircraft crossed the median line.