25 August 2020
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- China Holds Military Exercises as US Boosts Relations with Taiwan
China Holds Military Exercises as US Boosts Relations with Taiwan
China conducted rare military drills in four regions, including the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea, as the US envoy to Taiwan attended a military memorial service with Taiwan’s president. Dr Collin Koh, a Research Fellow from the RSIS said China is trying to make a not-so-subtle point with the military exercises. “Operationally, it’s to showcase the PLA’s ability to carry out major mobilization of forces for training across multiple sea areas — which also highlights that the PLA isn’t affected in any way by the pandemic,” he told the South China Morning Post.
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