Soldiers of the “Hard-boned Sixth Company” of the 74th Army Group of the People’s Liberation Army take part in a battle drill in a coastal area of Guangdong province on June 1, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted “Justice Mission 2025” blockade drills around Taiwan from December 29–30, 2025. Beyond rehearsing military operations for a potential war over Taiwan, the exercises functioned as coercive intimidation aimed at weakening Taipei’s resolve to remain independent. Taiwan is self-governing, with its own government, military, currency, and passport, yet in his New Year’s address Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated his intention to seize the island, which the Chinese Communist Party maintains is part of the People’s Republic of China. Li Jian, a researcher at China’s Naval Research Academy,…
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