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Chinese military in the Taiwan Strait

From Four-Sea Coordination to Five-Sea Integration: Trends in China’s Recent Military Activity
By Ying Yu Lin
The PLA is increasingly practicing integrated joint operations across theater commands.

Facing CCP Threat, Rival Camps Find Common Ground on a Taiwan-centered Identity
By Wei-Ting Yen and Lev Nachman
For one of the first times ever, the flag of the Republic of China and the Taiwan independence flag have been flown side by side.

Recent PLA Exercises Revealed China’s Operational Plan for a Taiwan Strait Conflict
By Ying Yu Lin
The two-day military exercise conducted by the PLA in early April suggests a three-phase operational plan that the PLA is likely to adopt for a campaign against Taiwan.

Beijing’s Targeting of Taiwan’s Undersea Cables Previews Cross-Strait Tensions Under a Trump Presidency
By Hans Horan
We can expect China to test the resilience of the Taiwan-U.S. partnership under Trump with more gray-zone operations.

China Conducts More Military Drills Around Taiwan
By Shannon Tiezzi
The drills were ostensibly a response to the National Day speech by Taiwan's president, which many overseas analysts had viewed as restrained.

Security in the Taiwan Strait Remains Uncertain After Lai’s Election
By Rex Li
The relative peace in the Taiwan Strait is likely to continue in the next few months and possibly years, but that peace will be punctuated by tensions and crises.

Since the Pelosi Visit, China Has Created a New Normal in the Taiwan Strait
By Adrian Ang U-Jin and Olli Pekka Suorsa
Starting with the military exercises of August 2022, there have been notable – and apparently permanent – changes in Beijing's aerial incursions into Taiwan’s ADIZ.

China’s Military Exercises Near Taiwan: Signaling and War Scares
By Narantsatsral Enkhbat
Beijing uses military exercises for a wide variety of reasons, from military training purposes to political and strategic ends.

China Holds Large-scale Joint Strike Drills Aimed at Taiwan
By Huizhong Wu
From 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday morning, China's People's Liberation Army flew 57 warplanes and four ships toward Taiwan.

What the PLA Is Learning From Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
By Ying-Yu Lin
China is watching Russia's military mistakes in Ukraine and will apply those lessons to its battle planning for a conflict in the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan Strait: What Is at Stake and How to Prevent a Conflict
By Jongsoo Lee
An interview with David Sacks.

Beijing’s Military-Heavy Approach to Taiwan Locks the US and China in a Security Dilemma
By Jo Kim
Beijing’s non-military options for coercing Taiwan are showing dwindling returns, meaning China is increasingly using military signaling to respond to any perceived provocation.
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