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TAIPEI: China once again accelerated its military exercises and drills around Taiwan, scrambling 68 military aircraft and sending 10 navy vessels into areas around Taiwan’s territory, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday.“Sixty-eight PLA aircraft and 10 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected” by about 6 am on Thursday (22:00 GMT on Wednesday), Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said in a statement, referring to China’s army and navy.The number was a dramatic jump from the previous day when Taipei said it had detected 35 warplanes.According to Al Jazeera, Taiwan's defence ministry added...