In a show of force, China sent a dozen warships and over 70 military aircraft in drills encircling Taiwan, which has a democratically-elected government. CBS News' Anna Coren has more.

China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practising for "precision strikes" and a blockade of the self-ruled island.

China launched military drills around Taiwan to send a "severe warning" and a message of "forceful containment against Taiwan independence," Beijing officials said.

Beijing says large-scale army, navy and rocket force drills will focus on ‘seizing comprehensive control’ of island

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China said Tuesday it has launched military drills around Taiwan that serve as a "stern warning and forceful deterrence" against those seeking the island's independence, ratcheting up tensions and slamming the territory's leader Lai Ching-te for his government's "blatant provocations."

China has launched substantial military exercises around Taiwan to train for precision strikes and test its troops’ capabilities in conducting integra

The Chinese military on Tuesday said it had begun conducting exercises that would approach the island of Taiwan “from multiple directions,” according to a statement posted on the Eastern Theater Command’s official social media account.

The Chinese military conducted large-scale drills around Taiwan on Tuesday in what it said was a “stern warning” to pro-independence forces on the Beijing-claimed island, as it called Taiwan’s president a “parasite.

China on Tuesday launched large-scale military drills involving its army, navy, air, and rocket forces to encircle Taiwan, claiming the exercises were