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The exercises in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands beside the Chinese coast come just three days after Lai took office. "I have confidence in the military," Lai said at a military base in Taoyuan, near Taipei. Over the past four years, China's military has carried out almost daily activities near Taiwan, and last staged large-scale war games near the island in 2023 and 2022. NO SURPRISEAnother senior Taiwan official told Reuters the drills were part of a scenario Taiwan had anticipated. Chinese state media published a map of the drill zones, in five areas all around Taiwan and the islands Taiwan controls near the Chinese coast.
