China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing’s ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict, testing Taipei’s resolve to defend itself and its arsenal of U.S.-made weapons.
The Eastern Theatre Command said it had deployed troops, warships, fighter jets and artillery for its “Justice Mission 2025” exercises to encircle the democratically governed island, conduct live fire and simulated strikes on land and sea targets, and drills to blockade Taiwan’s main ports.
The live-firing exercises will continue on Tuesday across a record seven zones designated by China’s Maritime Safety Administration, making the drills the largest to date by total coverage and in areas closer to Taiwan than previous exercises. The military had initially said artillery firing would be confined to five zones.
Conflict =/= invasion, though?
So we’re in agreement with the obvious fact that China is running drills to cut off Taiwan from external aid in case it has a conflict with Taiwan, right?
In response to Taiwan buying $11bn in US weapons, China carries out a military exercise in which it simulates a Taiwan encirclement to prevent it from US military involvement, yes
US military involvement in case of what?
We gotta make sure this passes the clown captcha test. Otherwise it has the same energy as “the American civil war was just for states rights”
In case of military conflict between Taiwan and China, what’s your point? You just assume that it’s a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan because you’re a propagandized westerner, but it could very well be an economic blockade of the China sea by US + regional puppets