By James Edgar, with Isabel Kua in Pingtan and Amber Wang in Taipei for AFP
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China kicked off a second day of live-fire drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, aimed at simulating a blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports and assaults on maritime targets.
The two-day war games - code-named "Justice Mission 2025" - started on Monday and were slammed by Taipei as "military intimidation" by Beijing.
China claims Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and has refused to rule out using military action to seize the island democracy.
AFP journalists in Pingtan - a Chinese island that is the closest point to Taiwan's main island -- saw a volley of rockets blasti
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