China’s People’s Liberation Army has launched military drills around the island of Taiwan as a deterrent to separatist activities there, sending the Western media into propaganda overdrive. The drills come days after Lai Ching-te chose to thoroughly confuse Western readers, familiar only with simple black and white facts, by introducing a new concept for them: the “Republic of China.“ But wait a minute? Isn’t it just called “Taiwan”?! Today, we’ll take a much needed deeper look. This is Reports on China, I’m Andy Boreham in Shanghai. Let’s get reporting. #taiwan #PLA #military
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