Taiwan holds military drills ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Taiwan’s president has overseen military drills featuring missiles and drones on Friday, ahead of a planned summit next week between the U.S. and Chinese leaders in which the fate of the self-ruled island will be discussed. China claims Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, as its own breakaway province and hasn’t renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. Beijing has pushed U.S. President Donald Trump to take a stronger stance opposing Taiwan’s independence.
Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to meet in the United States next Thursday in their first summit since May.
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