The United States and Panama have launched new joint military exercises to safeguard the Panama Canal, amid rising concerns over Chinese influence.

China called its May 2024 drills “Joint Sword – 2024A”, and in October of that year staged “Joint Sword – 2024B”. (Reporting by Jeanny Kao and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kate Mayberry) ...

China called two rounds of major war games last year around the island Joint Sword-2024A and Joint Sword-2024B. China’s widely read Global Times, published by the ruling Communist Party’s official ...

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.

China had not formally named Tuesday's drills. China called two rounds of major war games last year around the island Joint Sword-2024A and Joint Sword-2024B.

China had not formally named Tuesday’s drills. China called two rounds of major war games last year around the island “Joint Sword-2024A” and “Joint Sword-2024B”. China views democratically governed ...

However, China did not give a name to those drills, unlike two war games last year that it dubbed "Joint Sword-2024A", held in May, following Lai's inauguration, and then "Joint Sword-2024B" in ...

These exercises, codenamed Joint Sword-2024B, come amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing, with Taiwans President Lai Ching-tes administration steadfast in its commitment to protecting ...

The AIT emphasized that while Chinese military operations in the region are heightened, this pattern aligns with past large-scale exercises such as Joint Sword-2024A and Joint Sword-2024B, the most ...

Later in October, following Lai’s promotion of the “New Two-State Theory,” the “Joint Sword-2024B” military exercises were again triggered.

China has held two round of war games around Taiwan so far this year, "Joint Sword-2024A" and "Joint Sword-2024B", the last one being in October. Its military has made no announcement about any ...