China conduct military drills near Taiwan waters after warning it's willing to fight over the Island

China conduct military drills near Taiwan waters after warning it's willing to fight over the Island The drills are meant to demonstrate China’s resolve in response to US activities, namely regular Taiwan Strait transits by the US Navy and a $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan, military experts told the South China Morning Post. The US Navy Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Antietam sailed through the Taiwan Strait. The move came just one day after the release of a new Chinese defense white paper warning that the Chinese government will not renounce the use of force to achieve reunification with Taiwan. Taiwan split from China in 1949, and has no formal diplomatic ties with the U.S., but America is Taiwan's main supplier of defensive weapons. Read more: https://bit.ly/2KmrkFQ