Taiwan Ends Modest Military Drill as China Ties Warm

From Reuters:

Taiwan quietly wrapped up a week of computer-simulated military exercises on Friday, keeping the annual island-wide training event low-key this year as relations improve with its old rival, China.

Military officials did little to publicize the first phase of the Han Kuang exercises, but one source said a 20-person U.S. team was invited to watch.

China has claimed the self-ruled island as its own since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949 and vowed to bring it back under mainland rule, by force if necessary. But ties between the two governments are improving.

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