{"id":5712,"date":"2023-04-12T15:40:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5712"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:07:45","slug":"china-says-taiwan-war-drills-a-serious-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/politics\/china-says-taiwan-war-drills-a-serious-warning\/2023\/04\/12\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"China says Taiwan war drills a \u2018serious warning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span>Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a \u201cserious warning\u201d to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters, China said Wednesday, as signs emerged that Beijing will take further action.<\/p>\n

His<\/span> three-day<\/span> massive<\/span> air-and-sea<\/span> exercise,<\/span> called<\/span> Joint<\/span> His<\/span> Sword,<\/span> ended<\/span> Monday<\/span> after<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai<\/span> Ing-wen<\/span> met<\/span> U.S.<\/span> House<\/span> Speaker<\/span> Kevin<\/span> in<\/span> California<\/span> during<\/span> a<\/span> transit<\/span> visit<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> last<\/span> week.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> done<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> meeting<\/span> with<\/span> McCarthy.<\/span> China<\/span> had<\/span> seriously<\/span> warned<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> consequences<\/span> if<\/span> this<\/span> meeting<\/span> took<\/span> place.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Despite<\/span> saying<\/span> the<\/span> exercises<\/span> are<\/span> over,<\/span> China<\/span> has<\/span> continued<\/span> to<\/span> put<\/span> military<\/span> pressure<\/span> on<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> days,<\/span> suggesting<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> do<\/span> more.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Taiwan’s<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Transport<\/span> said<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> received<\/span> notice<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Civil<\/span> Aviation<\/span> Administration<\/span> of<\/span> China<\/span> to<\/span> set<\/span> up<\/span> a<\/span> “flight<\/span> restricted”<\/span> control<\/span> zone<\/span> over<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> northern<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> from<\/span> April<\/span> 16<\/span> to<\/span> 18.<\/span> .<\/span>
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\n<\/span>An<\/span> overwhelming<\/span> majority<\/span> of<\/span> Taiwanese<\/span> support<\/span> maintaining<\/span> its<\/span> current<\/span> de<\/span> facto<\/span> independence<\/span> status,<\/span> but<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> island’s<\/span> democracy<\/span> was<\/span> already<\/span> an<\/span> independent<\/span> state,<\/span> so<\/span> no<\/span> formal<\/span> declaration<\/span> was<\/span> needed.<\/span> rice<\/span> field.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Despite<\/span> that,<\/span> China,<\/span> which<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> recognize<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> government<\/span> institutions<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> cut<\/span> off<\/span> contact<\/span> with<\/span> Tsai’s<\/span> administration,<\/span> routinely<\/span> accuses<\/span> her<\/span> of<\/span> plotting<\/span> formal<\/span> independence<\/span> with<\/span> outside<\/span> backing<\/span> \u2014<\/span> generally<\/span> seen<\/span> as<\/span> referring<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Zhu<\/span> also<\/span> repeated<\/span> China’s<\/span> assertion<\/span> that<\/span> its<\/span> military<\/span> threats<\/span> are<\/span> \u201ctargeted<\/span> at<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> independence<\/span> separatist<\/span> activities<\/span> and<\/span> interference<\/span> from<\/span> external<\/span> forces,<\/span> and<\/span> by<\/span> no<\/span> means<\/span> at<\/span> our<\/span> compatriots<\/span> in<\/span> Taiwan.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Chinese<\/span> military<\/span> issued<\/span> a<\/span> threat<\/span> as<\/span> it<\/span> concluded<\/span> the<\/span> exercises,<\/span> saying<\/span> its<\/span> troops<\/span> \u201ccan<\/span> fight<\/span> at<\/span> any<\/span> time<\/span> to<\/span> resolutely<\/span> smash<\/span> any<\/span> form<\/span> of<\/span> ‘Taiwan<\/span> independence’<\/span> and<\/span> foreign<\/span> interference<\/span> attempts.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> August,<\/span> after<\/span> then-Speaker<\/span> Nancy<\/span> Pelosi<\/span> visited<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> China<\/span> conducted<\/span> missile<\/span> strikes<\/span> on<\/span> targets<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> seas<\/span> around<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> and<\/span> sent<\/span> warships<\/span> and<\/span> warplanes<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> median<\/span> line<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> Strait.<\/span> It<\/span> also<\/span> fired<\/span> missiles<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> island<\/span> that<\/span> landed<\/span> in<\/span> Japan’s<\/span> exclusive<\/span> economic<\/span> zone<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> significant<\/span> escalation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> most<\/span> recent<\/span> exercises<\/span> focused<\/span> more<\/span> on<\/span> air<\/span> strength,<\/span> with<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> reporting<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 200<\/span> flights<\/span> by<\/span> Chinese<\/span> warplanes.<\/span> On<\/span> Monday<\/span> alone,<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> tracked<\/span> 91<\/span> flights<\/span> by<\/span> Chinese<\/span> warplanes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>They<\/span> also<\/span> featured<\/span> the<\/span> use<\/span> of<\/span> China’s<\/span> first<\/span> indigenously<\/span> built<\/span> aircraft<\/span> carrier,<\/span> Shandong,<\/span> which<\/span> launched<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> J-15<\/span> Flying<\/span> Shark<\/span> fighter<\/span> missions<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> exercises,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> Japanese<\/span> officials.<\/span> Taiwanese<\/span> military<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> aware<\/span> that<\/span> Shandong<\/span> had<\/span> appeared<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Pacific<\/span> Ocean<\/span> east<\/span> of<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> focus<\/span> of<\/span> their<\/span> discussions<\/span> and<\/span> preparedness<\/span> plans.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cIt<\/span> is<\/span> clear<\/span> to<\/span> everyone<\/span> that<\/span> China\u2019s<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> cross<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> island<\/span> chain<\/span> is<\/span> gradually<\/span> improving.<\/span> So-called<\/span> \u2018anti-invasion\/area<\/span> denial\u2019<\/span> capabilities<\/span> are<\/span> gradually<\/span> improving,\u201d<\/span> said<\/span> Li<\/span> Tianlongzhong.<\/span> At<\/span> a<\/span> press<\/span> conference<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> General<\/span> said,<\/span> referring<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> military<\/span> concept<\/span> in<\/span> which<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> prevents<\/span> the<\/span> enemy<\/span> from<\/span> entering<\/span> a<\/span> particular<\/span> location.<\/span> \u00a0
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Defense<\/span> experts<\/span> say<\/span> China<\/span> is<\/span> likely<\/span> to<\/span> use<\/span> Shandong<\/span> to<\/span> try<\/span> to<\/span> block<\/span> foreign<\/span> forces<\/span> from<\/span> accessing<\/span> the<\/span> region,<\/span> based<\/span> on<\/span> maneuver<\/span> moves.<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> will<\/span> begin<\/span> its<\/span> annual<\/span> large-scale<\/span> exercise<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> disaster<\/span> service<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Defense,<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> local<\/span> governments.<\/span> Last<\/span> year,<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> revised<\/span> its<\/span> disaster<\/span> preparedness<\/span> training<\/span> to<\/span> include<\/span> more<\/span> wartime<\/span> scenarios.<\/span> This<\/span> year<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> that<\/span> trend,<\/span> they<\/span> said,<\/span> with<\/span> war<\/span> preparations<\/span> making<\/span> up<\/span> 70<\/span> percent<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> exercises.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> deployment<\/span> comes<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> USS<\/span> Nimitz<\/span> Carrier<\/span> Group<\/span> operates<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> South<\/span> China<\/span> Sea<\/span> south<\/span> of<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> with<\/span> U.S.<\/span> and<\/span> Philippine<\/span> forces<\/span> conducting<\/span> the<\/span> largest<\/span> combat<\/span> exercises<\/span> in<\/span> decades<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> disputed<\/span> South<\/span> China<\/span> Sea<\/span> and<\/span> Philippine<\/span> waters<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> Strait.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEIJING (AP) –Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a \u201cserious warning\u201d to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters, China said Wednesday, as signs emerged that Beijing will take further action. His three-day massive air-and-sea exercise, called Joint His Sword, ended Monday after Taiwan’s […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,26,276,2425,2443,9929],"tags":[3393,3394,3395,3397,3399,152,3400,153,3583,2219,3584,3112,3585,3113,3627,3115,3749,3119,3120,3121,3391,3392],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chinatwan-1.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5714,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions\/5714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}