The Chinese military announced on May 25 that it would organize military drills in the sea and air spaces near Taiwan, a move it described as a “warning” to Washington.
Colonel Shi Yi, the spokesperson of Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army, said the regime’s military conducted “multi-service joint combat readiness patrols” and “actual combat drills” near Taiwan, according to a May 25 statement.
The statement didn’t specify whether such a drill had taken place or was to come, but it described the move as a “solemn warning” to Washington over its “collusion” with Taiwan.
The regime views the self-ruled island as its own territory to be taken by force if necessary….