Taiwan says China expands military drills around the island
- 11-Dec-2024
TAIPEI, Taiwan: China has expanded military drills around Taiwan aimed at drawing “a red line” for the next US president, Taipei authorities said Wednesday, branding Beijing a “troublemaker”. Beijing’s biggest maritime drills in years involve about 60 warships and 30 coast guard vessels deployed from near the southern islands of Japan to the South China […]
China’s military drills around Taiwan ‘concerning’: US general
- 23-May-2024
SYDNEY: China’s military drills around self-ruled Taiwan were expected but “concerning”, US Lieutenant General Stephen Sklenka said Thursday. “We expected something like this, frankly,” the US Indo-Pacific Command deputy commander told an audience in Canberra. “Just because we expect that behaviour does not mean that we should not condemn it, and we need to condemn […]
China holds military drills along violence-hit Myanmar border
- 25-Nov-2023
BEIJING: China began military exercises along its border with Myanmar on Saturday and urged its citizens to leave the north of that country, which has been beset by fighting since last month. Clashes have intensified in large areas of Myanmar’s northern Shan state, close to the Chinese border, forcing more than 80,000 people to leave […]