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Taiwan monitors surge of Chinese warplanes headed to Pacific carrier drills
TAIPEI – Taiwan said Thursday that it was closely watching the Chinese military, which it said posed a rising threat to the region, after a flurry of warplanes passed near the island to join drills with China's Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific. …