China has kicked off large-scale military and coastguard exercises around Taiwan, the latest round in Beijing\u2019s escalating campaign to assert its claims of sovereignty and suppress the island nation\u2019s efforts to preserve its de facto independence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The drills on Tuesday came as Taiwan\u2019s President Lai Ching-te seeks to improve military and civilian preparedness for a potential Chinese attack and strengthen society to defend against espionage and other infiltration from China, which last month he called a \u201chostile foreign force\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The People\u2019s Liberation Army said naval, air, ground and missile forces were practising \u201cseizing comprehensive control, strikes on sea and land targets and blockade operations\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The China Coast Guard also announced simultaneous \u201claw enforcement patrols\u201d which it said would exercise inspecting, intercepting and detaining \u201cunwarranted vessels\u201d. The PLA sends aircraft and ships into the airspace and waters close to Taiwan almost daily, and routinely holds what it calls combat readiness patrols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><\/p> China kicked off large-scale military and coastguard exercises around Taiwan, the latest round in Beijing\u2019s escalating campaign to assert its claims of sovereignty and suppress the island nation\u2019s efforts to preserve its de facto independence. https:\/\/t.co\/OsI2FNTl71<\/a> via @FT<\/a><\/p>— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>