Taiwanese foreign minister says China drills part of a game-plan for invasion

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TAIPEI - Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday (Aug 9) that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as a game-plan to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled island. Joseph Wu, who offered no timetable for a possible invasion of Taiwan, which is claimed by China as its own,...

A Navy Force helicopter under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army takes part in military exercises in the waters around Taiwan, at an undisclosed location on Aug 8, 2022 in this handout picture released on Aug 9, 2022.TAIPEI - Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as a game-plan to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled island.

"After the drills conclude, China may try to routinise its action in an attempt to wreck the long-term status quo across the Taiwan Strait." Wu spoke as military tensions simmer after the scheduled end on Sunday of four days of the largest-ever Chinese exercises surrounding the island - drills that included ballistic missile launches and simulated sea and air attacks in the skies and seas surrounding Taiwan.

On Tuesday, the command said it continued to hold military drills and exercises in the seas and airspace around Taiwan, with warships, fighters as well as early warning, refuelling and jamming aircraft "under a complex electromagnetic environment to refine joint containment and control capabilities".A person familiar with security planning in the areas around Taiwan said there was a continuing standoff around the median line involving about 10 warships each from China and Taiwan.

 

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