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Taiwan troops rehearse sealing off key bridge at strategic chokepoint during war games

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Taiwan troops rehearse sealing off key bridge at strategic chokepoint during war games

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    NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese troops on Thursday (Aug 6) practiced defending a bridge at a critical chokepoint that could give Chinese forces a shortcut to take the capital Taipei, as annual war games entered their second day testing the island's ability to repel an attack. Taiw…

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