1.   Chinese military drills have slowed industrial activity, the mEconomics Ministry said last month.

2.   He said the reports by local and foreign media of large Chinese drills were often unconfirmed.

3.   A Chinese military drill in the northern Taiwan Strait ended Monday on schedule, Xinhua announced.

4.   According to the Taiwanese defense ministry, bad weather has hampered the Chinese drills, involving the navy, air force and army.

5.   Despite the Chinese drills aimed at intimidating Taiwan ahead of the election, President Lee Teng-hui won reelection with a handsome margin.

6.   The trip, seen by Beijing as a move to further Taiwanese independence, was followed by three Chinese military drills near the island.

7.   Two hundred students staged a sit-in protest at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to protest against the Chinese drills.

8.   Lee turned to the analysis of a history professor at the Academia Sinica regarding the recent Chinese military drills.

9.   Since the Chinese drills started, the United States has sent the Independence aircraft carrier and its battle group to waters near Taiwan.

10.   Taiwan launched its own display of firepower Thursday, parading US-made tanks and rocket launchers in the face of Chinese military drills off its coast.