DEFENSE/Lai convenes security meeting to respond to Chinese military drills
10/14/2024 12:58 PM
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) convened a high-level national security meeting on Monday instructing Taiwan's armed forces and other government agencies to handle military drills China announced it had launched around Taiwan from this morning.
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