Taipei warns of ‘considerable risks’ after record airspace incursion by China’s warplanes near its ...

China called its May 2024 drills "Joint Sword - 2024A", held shortly after Lai took office, and in October of that year staged "Joint Sword - 2024B". (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by ...

Taiwan cannot rule out that China will hold more military drills to "stir up trouble" around the one year anniversary next week of President Lai Ching-te taking office, a senior government ...

Notably, during the “Joint Sword-2024B” exercises, the Chinese naval fleet entered the Western Pacific via the Tsushima Strait and subsequently turned westward near the Okinotorishima area to ...

The latest exercises follow a long history of conflict between Taiwan and China. Taiwan and China have nearly gone to war several times since 1949. ... China held one day of war games called “Joint ...

Last year, China held two major military exercises around Taiwan in May and October, titled Joint Sword-2024A and Joint Sword-2024B. The joint exercise involving the army, navy, air force and ...

That marked the largest scale of aircraft deployment by PLA since the "Joint Sword-2024B" war exercises last October when Taiwan said China used a record number of military aircrafts.

The U.S. on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Taiwan as China extended to a second day its large-scale military exercises off the coast of the democratically governed island. "In ...

- In October 2024, China held one day of "Joint Sword - 2024B" war games around Taiwan in response to a national day speech by Lai. Taiwan said China used a record number of military aircraft in ...