BY GABRIEL DOMINGUEZ
STAFF WRITER
Photo: Visitors stand in front of a giant screen displaying a map of locations around Taiwan where the Chinese People’s Liberation Army conducted military exercises in August 2022, at an exhibition in Beijing in October last year
As China ups the ante near Taiwan with military exercises designed to encircle the self-ruled island, Beijing may not have an invasion on its mind but rather another approach: a blockade.
The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) increasingly frequent exercises around Taiwan, particularly its long-range deployments in the Pacific, indicate that Beijing is refining a strategy to cut the island off from the outside world and keep Taipei’s potential military partners at bay.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/03/asia-pacific/politics/china-taiwan-blockade-strategy/
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