Taiwan leader inspects navy as China prepares drills
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Taiwan's president has boarded a navy destroyer to review military drills ahead of planned war games by rival China.
President Tsai Ing-wen boarded the destroyer in the northeastern port of Su'ao on Friday as the island's armed forces carried out the drills simulating breaking a blockade of the self-ruled island.
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, has scheduled live-fire war games in the Taiwan Strait for Wednesday. That follows Beijing's heated objections to U.S. moves to strengthen relations with Taiwan's democratic government.
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President Xi Jinping spoke about the importance of Chinese naval power while attending a massive fleet review Thursday in the South China Sea.