Taiwan Slams China’s Surge of Military Drills as Simulating Invasion

Taiwan has accused China’s military forces of simulating an attack on the island territory as Beijing continued its retaliatory measures following a visit to Taipei by Speaker Pelosi. Taiwan declared on Saturday that it had observed “multiple” Chinese planes and ships operating in the Taiwan Strait, describing the maneuvers as a simulation of an attack on the self-ruled island, long claimed by China. “Multiple batches of Communist planes and ships conducting activities around the Taiwan Strait, some of which crossed the median line,” Taipei’s defense ministry said in a statement, referring to a demarcation line that runs down the Taiwan…