But I don't think they're going to do anything more than they are,' Biden told reporters at Dover Air Force Base. 'I'm not worried, but I'm concerned they're moving as much as they are. The anti-landing exercises come after China extended its own joint sea and air drills around Taiwan on Monday, but Washington said it did not expect an escalation from Beijing. The island routinely stages military drills simulating defence against a Chinese invasion, and last month practised repelling attacks from the sea in a 'joint interception operation' as part of its largest annual exercises. On Monday, Lou told AFP the drills had been scheduled previously and were not in response to China's exercises. The drills, which will also take place Thursday, included the deployment of hundreds of troops and about 40 howitzers, the army said. Soldiers fired from howitzers tucked into the coast, hidden from view of the road that leads to popular beach destination Kenting. Taipei's drill started in the southern county of Pingtung shortly after 0040 GMT with the firing of target flares and artillery, ending just under an hour later at 0130 GMT, said Lou Woei-jye, spokesman for Taiwan's Eighth Army Corps. 'China's real intention is to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and entire region,' he said. 'China has used the drills and its military playbook to prepare for the invasion of Taiwan,' Joseph Wu told a press conference in Taipei on Tuesday, accusing Beijing of using Pelosi's visit as a pretext for military action. Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which views its neighbour as part of Chinese territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary. China launched its largest-ever air and sea exercises around Taiwan last week in a furious response to a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in decades. Taiwan held an artillery drill Tuesday simulating a defence against an attack as its top diplomat accused Beijing of preparing to invade the island after days of massive Chinese war games.

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