China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing’s ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict, testing Taipei’s resolve to defend itself and its arsenal of U.S.-made weapons.
The Eastern Theatre Command said it had deployed troops, warships, fighter jets and artillery for its “Justice Mission 2025” exercises to encircle the democratically governed island, conduct live fire and simulated strikes on land and sea targets, and drills to blockade Taiwan’s main ports.
The live-firing exercises will continue on Tuesday across a record seven zones designated by China’s Maritime Safety Administration, making the drills the largest to date by total coverage and in areas closer to Taiwan than previous exercises. The military had initially said artillery firing would be confined to five zones.
No need to go to ableism. I’m aware you don’t consciously think that Chinese people are bad, but in your worldview, any military exercise or defense expenditure done by non-west-aligned nations is intrinsically evil. This is rooted, again subconsciously, on white supremacism (or its less explicit brands: eurocentrism and american exceptionalism).
So, China’s military exercise done, according to the article, in response to an $11bn purchase of weapons to the USA by Taiwan, is not defensive in nature?
That is completely untrue. Even Russia conducts its exercises mostly professionally and I don’t object.
If you think what China is doing is a defensive exercise, you are so biased that you are unable to see reality. They are encircling sovereign territory and practicing for a land invasion and blockade to subjugate the Taiwanese people and steal their land. I would like to hear your explanation for how https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLA_Navy_landing_barges are defensive in nature.
The weapons that Taiwan has purchased is a direct response to Chinese imperialism, aggression, and threats. Taiwan is not threatening Chinese people, but the opposite is not true.