The Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army's joint training exercises around the Taiwan Strait serves as a stern warning to separatist forces attempting to disrupt peace in the Taiwan Strait and safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, a Chinese mainland spokeswoman said on Tuesday. 大陸發言人週二表示，解放軍東部戰區在臺海週邊展開聯合演習訓練，是對企圖破壞臺海和平、維護國家主權和領土完整的分裂勢力的嚴厲警告。 The Eastern Theater Command began inter-service combat exercises around Taiwan Island on Tuesday. 東部戰區週二開始在臺灣島週邊舉行跨軍種實戰演習。 According to Zhu Fenglian, the spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the drills are a resolute response to the provocative actions of the Lai Ching-te administration seeking "Taiwan independence". 國務院臺辦發言人朱鳳蓮表示，演習是對賴清德當局謀“獨”挑釁行為的堅決回應。 She condemned Lai's persistent advocacy of a separatist stance, calling the mainland as "external h...