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China's military concluded two-day war games around Taiwan in which it held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China Sea, marking an escalation of exercises around the island.
From USA TODAY
Taiwan's government denounced the drills and called China a "troublemaker". The exercises also drew concern from the United States, Japan, European Union and Britain.
From Reuters
The Taiwan-U.S. partnership is a driver of shared economic prosperity and central to supply chain security and stability in the region, the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said on Thursday aft...
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China's military on Wednesday launched military exercises code-named "Strait Thunder-2025A" in the middle and southern areas of the Taiwan Strait, continuing drills begun the previous day. A senior Taiwan security official told Reuters there were more than 10 Chinese warships in Taiwan's "response zone" on Wednesday morning,
BEIJING/TAIPEI: China's military began a second day of drills around Taiwan on Wednesday and for the first time gave them a code name,
However, China not give a name to those drills, unlike two war games last year that it dubbed "Joint Sword-2024A", held in May, following Lai's inauguration, and then "Joint Sword-2024B" in October, after his national day speech.
Coast Guard official says Beijing could hold military drills in May, October to coincide with political events |
China's military held exercises around Taiwan for a second day, apparently aiming to ramp up the pressure on the administration of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te.
Beijing’s pretext could include “special occasions” such as events related to Taiwan’s sovereignty. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) has made its first deployment to the Western Pacific for 2025 and was a major unit in Tuesday’s military drill targeted at intimidating Taiwan on Tuesday,
China has conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day focusing on the Taiwan Strait separating the self-governing island democracy from China that is a crucial conduit for international t