The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------China conducts large-scale drills around Taiwan after Lai speechBEIJING - China's military conducted large-scale drills Monday around Taiwan in "a stern warning" to those seeking the island's independence, ratcheting up pressure after the territory's President Lai Ching-te reiterated last week that the two sides are not subordinate to each other.The exercise in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, south and east of Taiwan Island involves the Chinese army, navy, air and rocket forces, with the Liaoning a…READ FULL ARTICLE