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Mainland conducts drills following Lai Ching-te’s speech

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On Tuesday, Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te delivered a speech on the first anniversary of his inauguration.
Some context: Beijing was none to pleased with his first inaugural speech, which criticised China's “military actions and grey-zone coercion.”
This year, Lai raised eyebrows by not directly men...