This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 69%. (I'm a bot)

> China responded to that visit by holding what was then its biggest-ever military exercises in the seas around Taiwan, and also blocked some trade with the island.

> China has never said it would not use force to bring Taiwan under its control.

> China said it had conducted "Strike drills" around Taiwan on Sunday in response to what it said was provocation from the island and the US. A White House National Security Council official said the US was concerned by the latest development, adding it would "Continue to assist Taiwan in maintaining a sufficient self-defence capability in line with our long-standing commitments and consistent with our one-China policy".

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