Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Tuesday that China was looking for excuses to conduct military exercises, and this time the excuse was the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Wu said China would not have been able to prepare the drones, cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns in such a short period of time.
He added that the best way to deal with a regime trying to intimidate Taiwan is to show that it is not afraid.
He described China’s military exercises around Taiwan as a flagrant violation of international law, and obstructed one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
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Military exercises followed by China; Conducting a ‘trial’ to capture Taiwan? | China Extends Military Exercises Near Taiwan
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Beijing: Despite the end of the holidays, China has not stopped the military exercises in the Taiwan Sea. After four days of the previously announced move, China has announced a new move to line up Taiwan. Rumors are growing that the military exercise is part of the complete capture of the island in the coming days.
Hundreds of aircraft and drones belonging to China’s Eastern Theater Command have crossed the airspace and returned to Taiwan these days. China also fired 11 short-range missiles. Tests of long-range missiles were also reported. As the first phase of the military exercise was regarding to end on Sunday, 10 warplanes of the two countries came face to face over the water.
The suspicion that China’s military action on Taiwan is imminent came following the air and naval forces conducted similar exercises on Sunday following announcing military exercises once more. China’s new announcement that regular military exercises will be held in the following days.
Taiwan is an island nation that China claims is its own, although it split into two following a civil war in 1949. China has launched its biggest military drills in decades following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi returned from a visit despite dire warnings. On the other hand, space limitations do not allow Taiwan to even practice.
As the crisis worsened, Taiwan sought help from the international community.
Published on : 08/08/2022 – 14:10
Despite international calls for de-escalation, China continues its show of force to protest once morest the visit to Taiwan of the American number three Nancy Pelosi. A week following the stay of the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the island that China considers a rebel province, the Chinese army continues its maneuvers around Taiwan.
The Chinese command has confirmed the continuation of joint exercises in the air and at sea around Taiwan. This announcement comes following a first initial phase of four days of operations which aimed to simulate a maritime and air blockade of the island, involving fighter planes, warships, drones and ballistic missiles.
According to communist propaganda, these operations are the largest ever carried out by the Chinese army in the region. For the first time, Chinese missiles would have flown over the island, still according to state media.
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Growing Chinese pressure
For their part, the Taiwanese authorities have also announced the holding of live ammunition exercises. Soldiers and howitzers will be deployed this week to simulate an invasion of the island by China.
Local leaders refute any reaction to the exercises conducted for several days by the Chinese army. The democratic island regularly organizes such exercises aimed at repelling Chinese attacks.
But it is clear that Chinese pressure continues to increase in the region, despite international criticism. Washington denounced the total disproportion of the Chinese maneuvers. Opposite, Beijing defends a justified reaction and blames the United States, accused of being the troublemakers.
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What lessons can be learned from Chinese military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait?
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Published on : 07/08/2022 – 23:47
Taiwan’s transport minister said flights and navigations can gradually resume in six of the seven “ temporary danger zones – that is to say where Beijing has been carrying out maneuvers of an unprecedented scale since Thursday, August 4. Can the Taiwanese finally breathe a sigh of relief? According to observers, these maneuvers would have offered only a taste of what might become the norm in the strait.
The People’s Liberation Army was able to test the firepower of its air and sea forces – with this lesson for observers: China has developed its military means so much that a “blockade from Taiwan now seems possible.
This is the first time that the army has extended its exercises to the eastern flank of Taiwan, so as to encircle the island – a very strategic area for supplies. It is also from this side that any American military reinforcements would arrive.
The lesson to be learned: in the event of war, Beijing will be able to prevent any entry and exit from Taiwan of ships and planes, civil or military. The 23 million inhabitants would therefore be trapped.
Should the Taiwanese expect other maneuvers of such magnitude in the future? Yes, because these life-size exercises are likely to become the norm, say observers.
If today Beijing’s military capacities are still inferior to those of the United States, China is putting the means to catch up. According to the Pentagon, Beijing’s goal would be to have enough firepower to overcome any resistance to an invasion of Taiwan by 2027.
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