As Taiwan blasts China’s “highly provocative and reckless” blockade rehearsal, Trump touts his relationship with Xi Jinping and says an invasion is unlikely.
China fires rockets towards Taiwan in war games simulating blockade
The drills began 11 days after the U.S. announced a record $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan and are Beijing’s largest exercises to date by area and the closest yet to the island.
See how a Chinese attack on Taiwan would be Japan’s problem
A Chinese takeover of Taiwan would make the threat to Japanese territory more acute, said Yuki Tatsumi, senior director at the U.S.-based Institute for Indo-Pacific Security. “Japan will no longer have a buffer, if you will,” she said, adding that it would face direct pressure from the Chinese navy.
China stages military drills around Taiwan to warn ‘external forces’ after US, Japan tensions
The Chinese military says it dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around Taiwan to warn against what it calls separatist and “external interference” forces.
China Mobilizes Forces on Land, Air and Sea for Live-Fire Drill Near Taiwan
The exercises ended months of relative calm across the Taiwan Strait, and came after the Trump administration announced plans for arms sales to the island.
China surrounds Taiwan with warships, fighter jets in largest military drills on record
China launches largest military drills ever around Taiwan as war tensions spike following record $11.1 billion U.S. arms sale to the island nation.
China launches 2 days of live-fire military drills around Taiwan
China launched live-fire drills around Taiwan on Monday that it said would simulate a blockade of the self-ruled island’s key ports, prompting Taipei to condemn Beijing’s “military intimidation.” The …
China announces war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal
China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for “major military drills” aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese …
China holds military drills around Taiwan as warning to ‘separatist forces’
China is holding military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island’s key areas, as a warning against “separatist forces”. The army, navy, air force and rocket force have …
China Will Hold Live-Fire Military Exercises Around Taiwan
The exercises end months of relative calm across the Taiwan Strait and come after the Trump administration announced arms sales to the island.