A woman passes in front of a large screen showing a news broadcast about China's military exercises encircling Taiwan, in Beijing on August 4, 2022. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images - image credit)China's live-fire exercises off the coast of Taiwan has been an "unnecessary escalation," according to Canada's defence minister. "We are concerned by threatening actions by China," Anand said in a feature interview. "There is no justification to use a visit as a pretext for aggressive military activity in the Taiwan Strait." Residents in Taiwan overwhelmingly favour the status quo of de facto independence and reject China's demands for re-unification.

Source: CBC News August 06, 2022 18:58 UTC