Beijing (AFP) – Chinese missiles flew over Taiwan during Beijing’s latest military drills, state media reported Friday, as the country pressed ahead with exercises encircling the island following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi was the highest-profile US official to head to Taiwan in years, defying stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled island as its territory. China launched a series of exercises in multiple zones around Taiwan in response, straddling some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Beijing is yet to formally confirm whether missiles overflew…