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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Eight Chinese warships were still operating in waters around the island on Tuesday, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, a day after Beijing declared an end to its massive war games. China launched three days of military exercises around self-ruled Taiwan on Saturday that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practice a blockade of the island. The show of force was a response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House Speaker […]
Pingtan, China | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Matthew Walsh, with Jack Moore in Matsu, Taiwan China declared it had “successfully completed” three days of war games around Taiwan on Monday, capping a show of force that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the self-ruled island. Beijing’s exercises were a response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, an encounter it had warned would […]
by Jack MOORE Agence France-Presse TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Retired lecturer Donald Ho was out for his morning stroll in a busy downtown park Sunday, anxious about what Chinese jets and ships holding war games around Taiwan meant for freedom in the self-ruled island. “I am a little worried, I would be lying to you if I say that I am not,” the 73-year-old told AFP in Taipei. “The problem is sovereignty. I want independence […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China is brandishing a wide array of military equipment and weapons as it conducts drills around Taiwan intended to intimidate the self-ruled island. The three-day show of force, which began on Saturday, comes after a visit by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to the United States sparked China’s ire. Here is a rundown of Beijing’s arsenal: – Aircraft – China has deployed dozens of planes in the airspace around Taiwan over the […]
Beijing, China | AFP | Saturday 4/8/2023 by James Edgar with Matthew Walsh in Pingtan China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a “stern warning” to the self-ruled island’s government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker. Dubbed “United Sharp Sword”, the three-day operation — which state media said includes rehearsing an encirclement of Taiwan — will run until Monday, the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) […]
by Cat Barton and Sunghee Hwang Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s recent missile tests involved “tactical nuclear” drills to simulate hitting the South, and were overseen by leader Kim Jong Un in response to US-led joint military exercises in the region, state media said Monday. Kim made acquiring tactical nukes — smaller, lighter weapons designed for battlefield use — a top priority at a key party congress in January 2021, and […]
by Sebastien Ricci, with Beiyi Seow in Beijing and Amber Wang in Taipei Agence France Presse PINGTAN, China (AFP) — China’s largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan kicked off Thursday, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled island as its […]
by Rigoberto Diaz Agence France-Presse BOCA DE CAMARIOCA, Cuba (AFP) – Near the Cuban seaside village of Boca de Camarioca, a giant drill runs into the ground and out to sea, probing for oil. Cuba once got most of its oil cheap from its socialist ally Venezuela, largely paid for by exporting medical staff and supplies — but economic crisis in Venezuela has stemmed the flow of crude. That has caused “instability” of supplies on the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will carry out a tabletop exercise next week to simulate its response in the event of a military clash between China and Taiwan, Japanese media said. The Self-Defence Forces will conduct drills from Monday through Friday with the US military participating as an observer, a Japanese government source told Kyodo News. The exercises, which do not involve actual troop deployments, assume that the US and Japan are responding to a military […]
