The Chinese naval fleet departed on Sunday, July 16, to join the Russian navy and air force in the Sea of Japan for a military exercise. The exercise, code-named “North/Interaction-2023”, marks an expansion of military cooperation between China and Russia in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and comes as Beijing has slashed US […]
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China Taiwan, what’s happening: Beijing deploys 71 aircraft
“The threat of a Chinese military attack on Taiwan is becoming more serious than ever,” Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told the Guardian just before Christmas. Today, Monday, December 26, China deployed 71 aircraft and 7 ships against Taipei in the third largest daily raid on record. Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement […]
China-Russia Axis, “Super Warship Exercises”. The tension explodes
Joint military exercises: here is the gift from Moscow and Beijing for the holidays. The Kremlin announced that several of its warships will participate in maneuvers along with the Chinese Armed Forces in the two weeks between Christmas and New Year. The Russian Ministry of Defense released an official statement: “Operations will take place from […]
Russia begins military exercises with allies, including China and Belarus
Russia on Thursday began large-scale joint military exercises with China, India, Belarus and other Asian countries with the aim of “ensuring military security” in the region and “strengthening” relations with its allies. The maneuvers, designated as Vostok 2022, will last until September 7 with more than 50,000 soldiers, more than 5,000 weapons and other military […]
New military exercises in Taiwan after threats in China
The Taiwanese army conducted new military exercises with live ammunition this Thursday after China ended its maneuvers and repeated the threat to take control of the island. Lou Woei-jye, a spokesman for Taiwan’s Eighth Army Corps, told AFP that his troops were firing projectiles and flares as part of a defense exercise held early Thursday. […]
Taiwan begins live-fire military exercises
Taiwan began live military exercises on Tuesday, simulating the island’s defenses against a possible Chinese invasion, a day after China expanded its military maneuvers in the area. “We will practice counter-attacks against simulated enemy attacks in Taiwan,” Lou Woei-jye, a spokesman for the Eighth Army Corps, said Monday, the same day Beijing resumed conducting new […]
G7 says China’s ‘aggressive’ military drills ‘no justification’
Beijing condemns Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan © Mast Irham/EPA Author: Cátia Carmo with AFP The G7 group condemned, this Wednesday, the military exercises announced by China in the Taiwan Strait, after the visit of the president of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. “There is no justification for using a visit as a […]