China is conducting military drills to practice blocking U.S. forces from interfering in a potential takeover of Taiwan.

January saw the PRC’s first combat patrol of the year around Taiwan and the presidential office of Taiwan’s first-ever ...

China has made no secret of its desire to annex Taiwan, which it may do by cutting off supplies and imposing a blockade on ...

China conducted its largest military drills in 30 years from December 6-12, 2024, aiming to blockade Taiwan and deter US intervention. The exercises involved 18 warships east of the first island ...

Taiwan’s military conducted a two-day exercise ... which is opposed by China. The drills are aimed in part at boosting public confidence in the island’s ability to defend itself, particularly ...

The biennial “Keen Sword” drills kicked off at ... are controlled by Japan in the East China Sea, and has stepped up military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which it says is part of China ...

A blockade of Taiwan would last many months, if not years, and would likely succeed in crippling the island enough to allow pro-Beijing accommodationist elements to take power.

In October 2024, Filipino and US troops staged military drills in several areas across the country, including those facing Taiwan, after China conducted its own war games around the island.

A simulated battle by the team, set in the western Pacific, just a few hundred kilometres east of Taiwan ... PLA blockade drills Drones and unmanned boats would give the Chinese military a ...