China's military held three days of military exercises to pressure Taiwan, which China considers a province, after a meeting between its president Tsai Ing-wen and the third largest figure in the US state, Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the House of Representatives.
As part of the show of force, which included simulated targeted strikes and an encirclement of Taiwan, Beijing mobilized warships, missile speedboats and fighter jets.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fueled fears that China's communist regime now has a roadmap to forcibly annex its small neighbor.
Cartoonist Carlos Alberto da Costa Amorim was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1964. He began publishing his works in 1984 with Pasquim, a humorous journal. Currently, he publishes his editorials in the form of caricatures and comics in many Brazilian newspapers and magazines.
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