President Xi Jinping poses with soldiers on a navy ship last year as China continued its military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. Photo: AP
Zero Hedge: Chinese Military Exercises Threaten To Invade Taiwan
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is currently staging a military exercise across from the Taiwan Strait that looks as if it plans to culminate in an amphibious assault on an island in the South China Sea. Taiwan's military -- evidently fearing, with good reason, that the exercise may be a cover for an actual Chinese plan to seize another island in the region, Pratas (Dongsha), claimed by both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan -- has declared a state of emergency. The PLA exercise also looks as if it is preparing China's air, naval and marine assets required for an invasion of Taiwan.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. is closely watching what is happening .... US sends surveillance aircraft to watch Chinese coastline as Taiwan starts major military exercise (SCMP).
