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Weekend: Chinese warships cross Taiwanese border

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Chinese warships cross Taiwanese border

08/04/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Chinese warships cross Taiwanese border

China’s armed forces hold military exercises in the Taiwan Strait.

The Chinese military holds extensive military drills in the Taiwan Strait in response to Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-Wen, visiting the US. The Taiwanese defence ministry said it had detected 42 fighter jets and eight warships crossing the island’s sea border with the People’s Republic of China. 

Also on the programme: A look back at an unprecedented week in US politics, which saw Donald Trump become the first former president to be indicted on criminal charges; and concerns over the safety of trekkers in the wilderness has led Nepal to ban foreigners from hiking without a guide. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and human rights activist specialising in Nigeria and Matthew Green, a climate journalist at DeSmog.

(IMAGE: A Chinese nuclear sub during a military display in the South China Sea in 2018. CREDIT: REUTERS/Stringer)

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