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China is willing to wait to unify with Taiwan, and the August 2022 exercises are not an indicator of accelerated PRC timelines. Xi Jinping feels there are still avenues to peaceful unification. The potential for a military crisis or conflict in the Taiwan Strait is very real. China would immediately invade if Taiwan declared independence.
In October, China's military surrounded Taiwan during the "Joint Sword-2024B" exercise to show it could blockade key ports, execute strikes, and assault positions.
A Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be risky, but it is a possibility. China experts at CSIS assessed three possible blockade scenarios and how they'd play out.
Taiwan says Chinese has ... were simulating attacks on foreign naval vessels and practising repelling civilian and military planes as part of a "blockade exercise”. ... urged China to exercise ...
In the exercises, the People's Liberation Army simulated a maritime and air blockade of Taiwan, amphibious assaults and counter-intervention operations, Lieutenant General Stephen Sklenka, Deputy ...
China's military staged a day of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces" and drawing condemnation from the Taipei and U.S ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A real Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be an act of war and have far-reaching consequences for international trade, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday after ...
China's military exercises are a follow-up to big drills conducted earlier this year and suggest what the use of force against Taiwan could look like.