China’s Drills Around Taiwan Give Hint About Its Strategy
8/5/22
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from The Wall Street Journal,
8/4/22; update 8/5/22:
China Launches Live-Fire Drills, Missiles Around Taiwan After Pelosi Visit.
Ship, plane and missile drills encircle island and come close to key ports; five missiles land within Japan’s exclusive economic zone
A blockade, not an invasion, could be a less risky way for Beijing to exert its will.
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BEIJING, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Beijing announced on Friday that it was halting cooperation with the United States in a number of areas, including dialogue between senior-level military commanders, in retaliation for the visit this week to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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