TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan will practise thwarting a Chinese “invasion” in annual live-fire drills in June, simulating surprise coastal assaults to reflect increased military threats from Beijing, officials said Tuesday. China’s growing military is increasingly flexing its muscles and held live-fire drills last week in the Taiwan Strait — the narrow waterway separating the Chinese mainland from Taiwan — following weeks of naval maneuvers in the area. Chinese officials said their drills were to […]