Taiwan stages military drills off Chinese coast

Taiwan has held military drills on an island it controls just off the Chinese coast, in a renewed signal of its determination to defend itself from Chinese threats.

The head of Kinmen’s defence command said the beach landing exercise and simulated attack by the navy’s elite “frogman” commandos were to show the ability of the armed forces to provide security in the Taiwan Strait ahead of next month’s Lunar New Year holiday.