China holds 3 landing drills before Tsi takes office

BEIJING: China’s military has staged at least three landing exercises in the country’s southeast this month, state-run media reported Wednesday ahead of the inauguration of Taiwan’s Beijing-skeptic President-elect Tsai Ing-wen.

The operations appear to be Beijing’s latest warnings to Tsai, chairwoman of the traditionally pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, who will be sworn in on Friday and whose political message revolves around the importance of Taiwanese identity.