Taiwan will stage a mock military invasion by China, the country’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as tensions rise over Beijing’s increasingly strident claims over the island.

“Simply put, the main goal of the drills is to make any Chinese communist military mission to invade Taiwan fail,” Ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi told reporters.

This year’s edition of the annual “Han Kuang” military drills, to be held in June, will involve a five-day live-fire exercise on a beach, as...

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