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China flexes its military muscles around Taiwan
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In 2025 the PLA conducted 5,317 sorties - a daily average of 15 - around Taiwan. Of these, Chinese military aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line 3,867 times and entered Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
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China's internal military turmoil drives escalation around Taiwan
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
China has conducted one of its most wide-ranging military exercises around Taiwan in recent years, a show of force that analysts say reflects not only external intimidation but also growing instability within the upper echelons of the Chinese armed forces. Observers argue that China is proje
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China's military drills disrupt air traffic, expose coercive strategy towa
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
China's recent large-scale military exercises around Taiwan have triggered widespread disruption to regional air travel, prompting renewed concern over China's growing use of coercive tactics to pressure the island. The drills, conducted on December 30, disrupted 941 flights and affected mor
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Taiwan detects 3 Chinese sorties, 17 vessels, 8 ships
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Of the three, one sortie crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ.
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"Reunification of our motherland unstoppable": Chinese President Xi Jinpin
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The drills, codenamed 'Justice Mission 2025', saw the PLA Eastern Theatre Command dispatch its Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force troops to conduct joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and in areas to the north, southwest, southeast, and east of Taiwan.
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China continues 'Justice Mission 2025' drills around Taiwan, showcases joi
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
China continued its "Justice Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan, involving naval, air and ground forces. The exercises included simulated strikes, landing operations and live-fire drills, which Beijing said were meant to deter separatist forces and reinforce a red line on Taiwan.
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Taiwan detects 77 Chinese aircraft, 17 naval vessels around its territory
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, the MND said that 35 of the 77 aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's northern, central and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
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Taiwan slams China's 'Justice Mission 2025' drills as threat to regional p
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) commenced a military exercise dubbed "Justice Mission 2025" in the vicinity of Taiwan, claiming it is intended as a "stern warning to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces" and "external interference forces."
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China launches 'Justice Mission 2025' military drills around Taiwan, asser
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
China on Monday announced the launch of a large-scale inter-service joint military exercise around Taiwan, showcasing its assertion over the island nation, which Beijing claims "is a sacred and inseparable part" of its territory.
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3 Tamil Nadu fishermen apprehended by Sri Lankan navy
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The fishermen went fishing in a boat with the registration number IND-TN-11-MM-96 belonging to A Joseph, a member of Mandapam, from the northern coast of Mandapam on Saturday.
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US House Select Committee unveils 'Ten More for Taiwan' report to bolster
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The bipartisan US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has released a new report titled "Ten More for Taiwan", outlining urgent steps to strengthen deterrence against potential Chinese aggression toward Taiwan and to preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
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Taiwan spots new Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian transiting Taiwan Strait
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported that the PLA Navy's Fujian aircraft carrier (CV-18) transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday.
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