TAIPEI -- China has launched what Taiwan officials say is its largest maritime deployment in recent memory, ratcheting up intimidation against Taipei and neighboring countries weeks before the U.S. presidential transition.
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A Taiwanese fighter jet lands at an airbase in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, on Dec. 10, as Taipei kept its forces on high alert over Chinese military activity. © AP
TAIPEI -- China has launched what Taiwan officials say is its largest maritime deployment in recent memory, ratcheting up intimidation against Taipei and neighboring countries weeks before the U.S. presidential transition.