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Beijing, meanwhile, accuses Washington of “saber-rattling and making provocations.”

At least two of the drills ended Friday: one near Hainan and the other in the Beibu Gulf between China and Vietnam.

The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) launched on Wednesday a series of exercises in three different directions of Hainan Island, Chinas second largest island only behind the island of Taiwan, in a move analysts said aims to enhance the troops joint combat preparedness in possible amphibious landing missions on islands.

In 2021 China and Russia escalated their military entente, bordering on an alliance, to the point that it renders obsolete U.S. strategies for deterring a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attack against Taiwan. The United States has long carried the burden of building an evolving nuclear and conventional capability to sustain deterrence on a global basis. It is now important for Japan, Australia, Europe, Taiwan, and others — now targets for Russian and Chinese operations in the event of a Taiwan...

Japan’s Sankei Shimbun last month reported that two Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Yuzhao-class Type 071 amphibious transport dock ships were spotted on Nov. 14 sailing southward between Taiwan and Japan’s Yonaguni Island, lingering briefly off Hualien County. The report said that in addition to normalizing “joint combat readiness patrols” off Taiwan’s east coast, the mission’s purpose might have been to conduct simulated landing drills. It explored the possibility th...

The exercises are consistent with efforts to “ratchet up” intimidation of Taiwan, Australian analyst says.

The H-6J strategic bomber, which can carry seven YJ-12 anti-ship cruise missiles, was unveiled a year ago.

The H-6J, the latest type of bomber to enter service with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, recently participated in a live-fire exercise in the South China Sea, practicing bomb dropping on islands and sea mine-laying, which analysts said on Sunday displayed the aircraft’s traditional bombing capability in addition to its standoff strike competence.

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The presence of the Y-20 refueling variant confirms that the PLA has already started to get ready for comprehensive military preparedness around the Taiwan Straits.