China steps up military activity around Taiwan | DW News

China launched massive, live-ammunition military drills encircling Taiwan on Thursday.

Military exercises conducted by the navy, air force and other departments are already underway in six zones surrounding Taiwan, while China's official Xinhua News Agency said the drills were joint operations focused on "blockade, sea target assault, strike on ground targets, and airspace control."

And China's eastern military command confirmed that at around 1 p.m. (0500 GMT) units of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) "implemented long-range fire live firing training in the Taiwan Strait and conducted precise strikes on specific areas in the eastern part of the Taiwan Strait," which separates mainland China from the island.

The show of force around vital international shipping lanes — disrupting 18 international routes, according to Taiwan — comes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking politician to visit in 25 years.

In doing so, the United States had defied Beijing's threats of repercussions to the trip.

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[qubitsmith]

We need another earth. This one has nuclear weapons and sketchy politicians.

[omidpourhossein]

When you realize old men, who'll soon face the inevitable death, commands the young generation to die for their bidding because of greed and pride.

[pervertt]

These military drills are counter-productive for China. They will not intimidate the Taiwanese. Or the Americans. All that the drills will do is to garner greater international sympathy and support for Taiwan.

[Adam-uiiy]

"Many were expecting the PLA to shoot her plane down..." I mean...this is the best comedy out there right now.

[hugodesrosiers-plaisance]

We learned "Slava Ukraini" fast enough. I hope we don't get to learn "Free Taiwan" in Mandarin anytime soon.

[frxs]

I'm pretty sure if a war breakout between China-US, our country the philippines will become a battleground like WW1-2, we just want to live peacefully.

[sailor]

The situation in Taiwan today is business as usual.

[killwowesteban]

The UFOs must be wondering what’s going on with all this traffic

[antondelacruz]

'China throws tantrum after failing to follow thru on threats'

[paulskiye]

guys, remember that civil war between PRC (mainland China) and ROC (Taiwan) was not over.
peace treaty was never signed. technically they are still at war, the bitter relation was on stalemate for some time.

[djred-x]

We have also deployed our army on our border. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[jensensean]

If a war breaks out across the Taiwan Strait, it wil make the currently ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine quite pale in comparison. Hope USA and EU don't fan the fire, and China and Taiwan do not misfire.

[GearUpind]

Chinese Final warning is a joke in Russia 😂

[yeetyeet]

"I think that the media is exaggerating the matter"

how true :)

[Doochos]

The CCP reminds me of an angry teenager throwing a tantrum. Pathetic.

[xXFeboXx]

Beijing can rant all they want. Taiwan is already being threatend by China on a daily basis, so that's nothing new. And the threats about shooting down the plane were childish to begin with. If China really thought that a war would be advantageous for them, they would have already started it.
Showing strength now and not backing down is the best thing anyone can do now concerning the security of Taiwan and the world.

[icaruscarinae]

Nope, that's just pings rivals trying to pull him down.

[radjalomas]

Why on earth does this have a deja vu feeling? 🤔

[monikasteven]

My greatest happiness is $31, 200 weekly profit I get consistently

[uncuttcoffeeofficial]

If the world worked together instead of against eachother, we would be way more far advanced as a human species. But don't listen to me. I was born on the wrong planet 🤣