China conducts large-scale drills around Taiwan after Lai speech

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 involved the Chinese army, navy, air and rocket forces, with the Liaoning aircraft carrier deployed to the east of the island.The Eastern Theater Command, which oversees the strait, said later in the day that it had successfully comp…READ FULL ARTICLE