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has announced it is winding down military exercises off Taiwan after its ambassador to Australia pledged China "ready to use all necessary means" to reunify Taiwan with the mainland.
The PLA said the naval and air operations were successful and had achieved their targets of sending a warning to those favouring Taiwan's formal independence and their foreign backers. During an address at National Press Club, ambassador Xiao Qian said the US was to blame for rising tensions around the self-governing island, which Beijing claims is part of the mainland.
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