attempting to impose some sort of blockade as it looks like for the next four days around taiwan, but it could be some sort of test were china me try to do to block taiwan for the rest of the world. for more on this i am joined now by bonny lin from the centre for strategic and international studies in singapore. dr lin has also served in the office of the secretary of defense from 2015 to 2018, where she was the director for taiwan, country director for china, and senior adviser for china. so, starting today we ll see chinese military drills in the ocean just 16 kilometres from taiwan. they ll include long range live ammunition shooting, and the defence ministry in china has said they may breach taiwan s territorial waters. what happens if they do?
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