SHANGHAI -- China wrapped up its biggest-ever military drills around Taiwan on Wednesday, launched in a furious response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to the self-ruled island last week.
The People's Liberation Army had been holding live-fire war games, including the firing of ballistic missiles around Taiwan, which China claims as its own. The moves triggered accusations from U.S.-backed Taipei that Beijing was upending the status quo in the sensitive strait between the island and its giant neighbor.
