Taiwan convenes security meeting amid Beijing’s ‘blockade’ drills

Officials on the island have condemned the exercise as “reckless” and “provocative”

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has convened a national security meeting in response to large-scale drills by Beijing's forces around the self-governing island.

In a statement on Monday, Presidential Office spokesperson Karen Kuo said that the Taiwanese military was “fully monitoring” Beijing’s exercises, adding that Taipei remains committed to “maintaining...