China's defence ministry has dismissed Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military drills as a "wasteful charade" that "stoked war panic",.Taiwan, a democratically governed island that rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, began the 10-day exercise last week, as China ramps up its military presence around the island.The exercises rehearsed various scenarios should China ever make good on threats to try to seize the island by force, including how to break a maritime blockade and, for the first time, slowing mobile internet."The so-called 'Han Kuang exercise' has always been a posturing, wasteful charade," Chinese defence ministry spokesperson Chen Xi said in a statement on…