*China fired multiple missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest evermilitary drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after U.S. House ofRepresentatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island.*
The exercises began at midday and included live-firing waters to the north,south and east of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own. They broughtvolatility in the area to its worst in a quarter century.
China’s military said at around 3:30 p.m. (0730 GMT) it had completedmultiple firings of conventional missiles in waters off east Taiwan as partof planned exercises in six different zones set to run until noon on Sunday.
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Taiwan’s defence ministry said 11 Chinese Dongfeng ballistic missiles hadbeen fired in waters around the island. The last time that happened was in1996. read morelink
