![]() Su Tzu-yun, a research fellow at Taiwan's top military think tank, the Institute for National Defence and Security Research, said judging by the aircraft used, the Southern Theatre Command, which covers the South China Sea, was being included in China's exercises this time to gain experience in joint operations across commands. "We are determined to protect our territory," read text in Chinese and English accompanying the video. Taiwan's military has been on its own publicity push about the Han Kuang drills, this week releasing a slickly produced video on social media of fighters soaring into the skies, missiles fired from warships and artillery barrages. military activity in the strait as provocation. Navy patrol plane flew through the strait, monitored by Chinese jets. "They are expanding military deterrence actions to create a cognitive effect that Taiwan's national defences are useless," the official said.Ĭhinese President Xi Jinping visited the headquarters of the Eastern Theatre Command, which is in charge of the area around Taiwan, on July 6, and warned of a "new period of turmoil and change for the world", state media reported.Īdding to a sense of tension, on Thursday a U.S. 'TURMOIL AND CHANGE'Ī senior Taiwan security official, who declined to be identified, said China's activities, coming before Han Kuang, were part of its psychological warfare against the island. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles. China practised precision strikes and blockades in drills around the island in April after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met U.S.
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