US EditionChina Launches Large-Scale Military Drills Around Taiwan
The drills involve live-fire exercises in five zones to test blockades and combat readiness, responding to a $11.1 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, officials said.
- On Dec 29, China's People's Liberation Army mobilised army, naval, air and rocket units around Taiwan in Just Mission 2025, testing combat readiness and issuing a `stern warning` against independence.
- The drills began 11 days after the U.S. announced a $11.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan, following Beijing's anger at Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks and post-2022 encirclement after then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taipei visit.
- The Eastern Theatre Command said the drills will dispatch air, naval, rocket and army units for integrated control, blockade, and sealing of key ports in five zones for 10 hours from 8:30 a.m. on Dec 30.
- Taiwan's military deployed appropriate forces, set up a response centre and carried out a rapid response exercise shortly after the drills, while spokesperson Karen Kuo condemned them as military intimidation.
- This marks the first time the PLA publicly framed drills as deterrence of outside intervention, including a `Shields of Justice` poster warning external interference threatens the Taiwan Strait during China's sixth major war games since 2022.
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