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CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING has deployed a huge convoy of armored vehicles and tanks to the closest possible point on Chinese territory to Taiwan, as fears grow that the West has taken its eye off the ball in the region.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stunned Western observers by announcing an unexpected set of military drills close to Taiwan. China's military wing, the People's Liberation Army, started holding "live-fire" exercises on Saturday. Earlier, footage emerged of convoys of armored vehicles being sent to Pingtan in the Fujian Province, which sits just 125 kilometers from Taiwan.