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China launches mock missile strikes on Taiwan

  • May 24, 2024



China launches mock missile strikes on Taiwan

war games in the Taiwan straight have taken a dangerous new turn China says it’s testing its ability to seize power preparing for a possible future confrontation with Taiwan which China regards as a breakaway Province and has vowed to unify with the mainland the Island’s new president Li Ching was inaugurated on Monday China’s Furious about his speech and is punishing Taiwan as soon as the Taiwan Region’s leader took office he grossly challenged the one China principle blatantly touted the two states fallacy and attempted to seek Taiwan independence by force and by relying on external forces pushing Taiwanese compatriots towards the danger of War this is totally an act of playing with fire and those who play with fire will end up getting burned China’s military released this chilling computer animation a warning of what it could do with the largest Navy in the world Rockets rain down on Taiwan we see the island surrounded on every side until it is taken Taiwan has scrambled its military in response in a statement posted on X its Ministry of Defense said Peace is priceless there are no winners in Wars Regional stability is the universal goal and we will will continue to protect our beautiful Homeland but Taiwan is on the back foot its large powerful neighbor is flexing its muscle China is using this military operation this most high-profile of policy instruments to register that Beijing is not welcoming uh towards the Taiwan new government and that Beijing still want to show that China not Taiwan is in the driver’s seat not a shot has been fired these are after all military drills but both sides appear to be preparing for the real thing Nicole Johnston Sky News Beijing

China has deployed dozens of warplanes and navy ships off the coast of Taiwan as part of a mock missile strike.

The two-day tests were staged to punish Taiwan’s new president over his refusal to accept the island as part of China.

Sky’s Asia Correspondent Nicole Johnston reports.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/china-launches-major-military-drills-around-taiwan-as-island-deploys-forces-to-protect-freedom-13141680

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24 comments

  3. China has the largest navy because it counts every last canoe as a naval vessel,china has 800,000 tonnes in its navy,America has 3 million

  10. What does Taiwan independence even mean? Taiwan is literally a rump state of the Republic of China which is already a sovereign state since 1912. Not to mention that the government of Taiwan is the continuation of the old mainland government after it was reestablished on the island of Taiwan following the defeat and retreat during the Chinese civil war. If anything, there is one China but that would be Taiwan.

  21. Is there a point when they aren’t escalating?

    I’m 43, and the same news has been playing since I was born. Broken record maybe?

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