China launches military drills around Taiwan

Fighter jets have been spotted taking off from a Taiwan air base as China begins three days of military drills in response to President Tsai's meeting with U.S. Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The Chinese army's Eastern Theater Command issued a statement describing the drills as sending a "serious warning" about combat readiness just one day after the Taiwanese President returned from the United States.

[richardellis]

We should sanction them to their knees, just like we have done to Russia...

[richardcarey]

I bought a drill from China, it was rubbish!

[buildmotosykletist]

Fortunately the drills were Chinese and broke.

[martinepstein]

First Tibet, next Taiwan. Talk about Chinese takeaways

[steventirta]

"To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal"

[sosume]

Drills are not acceptable, China must be turned back. Or weakness is assumed.

[LuciferBlack-ngkx]

Lol
Didn't China try to recruit Australian pilots to train their own pilots recently...
😆😆😆

[buddysghabi]

Don't fear China fear your own government 😊

[gravelrash]

If the US can finally provoke a war in Taiwan it will be Australia's big chance to attack China and the response that would entail, the one we all pretend wouldn't happen. We will send 3 ships that will be immediately sunk, then we can...? What can we do? Er, nothing. Attack their pronouns? Bedazzle them with racist Asian jokes? Get clobbered? Kinda thinking it will be the last one.

[alans]

Note how the words 'China' and 'Childish' begin with the same three letters. Grow up

[ZacharyAAtkins]

Same thing Putin said it’s just a drill

[ILDG]

Where is tough guy Dutton when you need him? Oh thats right, he is fight for his political career's survival 😂

[maggiereeves]

Biden's at Camp David thil long holiday.. I was wondering why he didn't go to Delaware. Between naps, he could be getting programed to his next pseudo logic fantastica of the hero he ain't Y'all know the fkery about the Afghanistan caca he's trying to pass off on us. Kirby saying they were proud of how it was handled almost caused me to flashback to Vietnam..

[-joe-davidson]

US doesn't need to get involved into anymore wars.. Taiwan needs to fight their own battle.
We shouldn't be involved with Ukraine either. Neither one of them are US concerns.

[pattystephens]

Sky News: telling you want you want to hear.

[chrisbamo]

they haven't got the bollocks do anything

[turapepito-byxw]

Show of force for what? Bullying and threats because they think they are stronger nation militarily.

[JoeyJoJoJrShabbado]

Well maybe America / Nato should step back a little. Seems like they are getting a bad result.

[markmoseley]

Disable all USA made military equipment, allow Taiwanese to emigrate anywhere, cede Taiwan to China

[markw.stolley]

Long live the free and independent nation of Taiwan 🇹🇼.