Chinese army claims to have simulated ports and energy facilities; White House emphasizes the importance of peace in the region
China said it has conducted military exercises with long -range real ammunition near Taiwan on Wednesday (2.ab.2025). According to the Chinese army, maritime exercises involved precision attacks on targets simulating ports and energy facilities.
The operation was called Strait Thunder 2025A (Strait Thunder-2025a, in free translation). According to the China Ministry of Defense, “Exercise focused mainly on training issues such as identification and verification, warning and expulsion, and interception and detention, in an attempt to test troop capabilities in regional control, joint lock and precision attack.”
This was the 2nd day in a row that the China Army held Near Taiwan, but the 1st with real ammunition.
According to China Army spokesman, Colonel Shi Yi, the air forces also conducted training in the areas near the island. The goal was to train coordination between vessels and aircraft.
The Taiwan Ministry of Defense stated on the night of Tuesday (1st.abr) that 74 aircraft, 15 vessels and 4 official ships of the Chinese army were detected near the island.
United States Government spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday (1st.abr) that President Donald Trump (Republican) is “Emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace” in the region. According to her, the government is opposed to any unilateral attempt to change the the status quo of the region by force or coercion.
“The National Security Council informed me about this this morning, and they said that the president is emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait, encouraging the peaceful resolution of these issues through the narrow, reiterating our opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by strength or coercion.”Leavitt said during the press conference.
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Taiwan, an island territory, separated from China in 1949 when the communist forces overcame the civil war and seized power. The Taiwanese government has made a democratic transition over decades.
Since the separation, the Chinese government says Taiwan has always been part of its territory and is just a separatist island. Taiwanese authorities, who receive support from the US and Europe, deny China’s position and consider themselves an independent country.
Chinese military exercises have become commonplace over the past few decades to press the Taiwan government, but the In May 2024, he intensified the tensions.
The Taiwanese leader reinforced the position against China’s speech and resist in case of a possible invasion or attempted annexation of the territory. On the Chinese side, Chancellor Wang Yi said that those who defend Taiwan’s independence will be “Hardly punished”.
