China holds live-fire drills opposite Taiwan, a week after large-scale exercise

A China Coast Guard boat seen from a Taiwan Coast Guard boat as it passes near the coast of Matsu islands, Taiwan earlier this month (AP/Taiwan Coast Guard)

China is staging live-fire drills off the coast of its southern Fujian province facing Taiwan.

The drills come just a week after a massive air-and-sea drill held as a so-called punishment for Taiwan’s president rejecting Beijing’s claims of sovereignty.