HUALIEN, Taiwan: Taiwanese troops Tuesday staged live-fire exercises simulating a response to an invasion, as China stepped up pressure on the island's President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated.

The military sent reconnaissance aircraft to observe simulated incoming ships, and tanks fired rounds as the "enemy" landed at the eastern port of Hualien.

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