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On 5 August 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the Philippines and said that the US would seek to de-escalate tensions in the Taiwan Strait in order to keep the region safe and the international waterway open. [44] He said: These provocative actions are a significant escalation.
China is readying forces that could seize Taiwan in a future attack, analysts and officials say. Any military operation is likely to rely partly on China's militarized police.
China has declared two days of major military exercises simulating an invasion of Taiwan, ... biggest since the aftermath of then US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the region in 2022. ...
China's military staged a day of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces" and drawing condemnation from the Taipei and U.S ...
China's military exercises are part of a sustained pressure campaign against Taiwan stretching back to 2022, said Sklenka, adding that once-rare incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification ...
The 2023 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan (simplified Chinese: 2023年环台军事演练; traditional Chinese: 2023年環台軍事演練) was a series of military exercises by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) encircling Taiwan. On 8 April 2023, the PLA announced the start of "combat readiness ...
According to Taiwan's semi-official Central News Agency, the last tank delivery from the US to Taiwan began in 1994. However, the US approved the possible sale of 108 Abrams tanks to Taiwan in 2019 .
In the context of Cold War confrontation between capitalist countries and communist countries worldwide, the mutual defense treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China was intended to secure the island of Taiwan from potential invasion by the People's Republic of China in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War on mainland China.