"In your FACE"??!!-----China begins two days of live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait | Reuters

The news comes a day after talks between U.S. Secretary of State Marco ​Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ​a range of issues, including democratically governed Taiwan, ⁠which China claims as its own territory. - Reuters

• Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday ​condemned China's actions and called on Beijing to ​exercise "rational self-restraint" and "immediately cease its military provocations and gray-zone intrusions."
• "China has ‌disregarded ⁠the international community's shared aspirations for regional security, further unilaterally using military force to threaten the waters surrounding the Taiwan Strait, creating regional tensions, and once again confirming ​its nature ​as a troublemaker," ⁠the island's foreign ministry said in a statement...