Once-rare incursions into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone have become normal.
CANBERRA/SYDNEY - Chinese military drills in the straits of Taiwan in 2023 practised manoeuvres key to an invasion of the island, although an actual attack was not imminent or inevitable, a senior US general in the region said on May 23.
Hours before his remarks, Taiwan’s military mobilised its forces on May 23 after China started two days ofThe latest Chinese military drills come three days after Mr Lai Ching-te - a man Beijing detests as a “separatist” - took office as Taiwan’s new president. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory. Taiwan’s government says only Taiwan’s people can decide their future.
“I cannot underscore enough how devastating conflict in the Indo-Pacific region would be,” Lt-Gen Sklenka said in the speech to Australia’s National Press Club.
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