Chinese drills expose intentions - Taipei Times
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 that China’s military has incorporated amphibious landings on Taiwan’s east coast into its invasio...
Source: taipeitimes.com
