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BEIJING: The Chinese military said on Wednesday it had conducted a combat “readiness patrol” in the seas and airspace around Taiwan in recent days, saying it was a necessary action to respond to “collusion” between Washington and Taipei. China, which claims democratically governed Tai­wan as its own territory, has step­ped up its military manoeuvres around the island over the past …

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