China claims its missiles crossed island of Taiwan for first time in latest drill – live

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Chinese state media claim closest ever exercises to island, though Taiwan authorities are yet to confirm

Strait were an attempt to justify the “wrongdoers”, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying has said during a regular briefing.

Tokyo protested to Beijing yesterday after Japan said five of the missiles China fired in its military exercises on Thursday landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone.US secretary of state Antony Blinken has warned again that China’s “provocative” actions risk a serious escalation and could destabilise the region.

 

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If China said the sun rises in the East, I would have it corroborated.

Also fired into Japanese waters

Perhaps send some across China for West latest drills.. There couldn’t be a problem with that..

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