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China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands Monday, simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said. As China seeks to punish Taiwan's president for rejecting Beijing's claim of sovereignty over the self-governed island, FRANCE 24's Eve Irvine is joined by Dr Thomas Withington, Associate Fellow at The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI). He is an award-winning analyst and writer specialising in electronic warfare, air defence, radar and military communications.


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