China and Taiwan: Neither side wants war

Taiwan's military has held live-fire artillery drills simulating a defence of the island as China continued the air and naval exercises it had launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled territory.

Taiwanese officials say Tuesday's drills, which involved soldiers firing howitzer artillery out to sea, had long been scheduled and were not a reaction to China's unprecedented war games.

Australian National University's Benjamin Herscovitch talks to Al Jazeera about the recent updates.

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