China Announces Major Military Drills Around Taiwan

"It also comes after Beijing expressed anger at a remarks by Japan's Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, who said her country could respond militarily if China were to move to take control of Taiwan by force.

"This exercise serves as a serious warning to Taiwan independence' separatist forces and external interfering forces, and is a legitimate and necessary action to safeguard national sovereignty and maintain national unity," Shi said.

China's Communist Party claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory, despite never having controlled it."

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Watch out, Greenland... DJT will need to keep up with Xi!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-28 10:17 PM | Reply

This sounds just like a page out of Putin's war plans. Just having drills at the border of Ukraine, nothing to worry about, until it was an invasion.

#2 | Posted by BBQ at 2025-12-28 10:55 PM | Reply

And China is building up its nuclear arsenal rapidly.

BTW: North Korea is about to deploy a nuclear-engined submarine.

Aren't we all lucky to have Dummkopf Trumpf as POTUS?

Links:

media.defense.gov

www.reuters.com

drudge.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-29 01:38 AM | Reply

@#1 ... Watch out, Greenland... DJT will need to keep up with Xi! ...

Pres Trump's early support of Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has given Pres Xi a new impetus regarding Taiwan.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 12:20 PM | Reply

Also, in addition to the military, there's this ...

China stages record drills designed to encircle Taiwan
www.reuters.com

... Analysts say Beijing's drills increasingly blur the line between routine military training exercises and what could be stage-setting for an attack, a strategy intended to give the U.S. and its allies minimal warning of an assault.

The Chinese military also released a video depicting automated humanoid robots, microdrones and weaponised robotic dogs attacking the island, futuristic technology China has never showcased before. ...

SEALING OFF PORT CITIES

The Chinese military released a series of propaganda posters along with a graphic[1] depicting four locations across the island with targets locking on, following the drill announcement.

China's state broadcaster said the exercises would focus on sealing off Taiwan's vital deep-water Port of Keelung to the island's north and Kaohsiung to Taiwan's south, the island's largest port city.

The first poster appeared to show the armada of civilian ships China is mobilising to help in an attack on Taiwan, vessels with ramps and open decks that could be used to carry out an amphibious assault. ...

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1 - www.reuters.com

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 12:24 PM | Reply