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FIRST ON FOX: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said China has been conducting training missions in the western Pacific aimed at limiting U.S. and allied military access. The exercises reflect Beijing’s effort to expand its anti-access/area-denial, or A2/AD, capabilities — a strategy meant to keep opposing forces from entering or operating freely in nearby regions.

The military spokesman for Taiwan — officially known as the Republic of China (ROC) — Lt. Gen. Sun Li-fang, told Fox News Digital in exclusive comments that the armed forces of the independently governed island fully understand the threats posed by China’s expanding military might.

Sun said Taiwan has prepared a series of responses if the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) provoca

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