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In its ongoing territorial dispute with Taiwan, China may be looking toward the sky as a new way to thwart the island’s attempts at building diplomatic ties. This week, China was accused of putting pressure on three African countries — Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar — to withdraw their permission to …

China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands Monday, simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said. China’s Defence Ministry …