11.   Beijing launched a series of military drills and tests off Taiwan to intimidate the island into dropping hopes of independence ahead of its first democratic presidential elections last Saturday.

12.   Beijing, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, later retaliated by staging six war games off Taiwan to try to intimidate the island.

13.   Beijing has staged a series of war games close to Taiwan, including two ongoing ones, to intimidate the island ahead of its presidential elections this Saturday.

14.   China also staged six rounds of war games, including four missile tests off Taiwan to try to intimidate the island.

15.   China conducted three rounds of military drills, including two missile exercises, between July and November to intimidate the island.

16.   China has launched a series of military exercises and missile tests in the Taiwan Strait in an effort to intimidate the island ahead of its presidential election this Saturday.

17.   The visit prompted Beijing to recall its ambassador to Washington and launch the first of its military drills in the Taiwan Strait, aimed at intimidating the island.

18.   Those exercises in July and August along with two recent nuclear tests have been widely interpreted as an effort to intimidate the island.

19.   It also suspended talks between semi-official bodies from China and Taiwan and launched a series of military exercises and missile tests aimed at intimidating the island.

20.   It also staged war games in the Taiwan Strait to try to intimidate the island during its presidential elections.