China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands Monday, simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said. As China seeks to punish Taiwan's president for rejecting Beijing's claim of sovereignty over the self-governed island, FRANCE 24's François Picard is joined by Jean-François di Meglio, President of Asia Centre and Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po.
