Beijing violates Taiwanese sovereignty and launches a military threat against the US and Japan

The weapons chosen for the Chinese military exercises suggest that Xi Jinping intends to scare outside the country and gain prestige within, but not to go to war.

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The Chinese maneuvers around Taiwan are reminiscent of those that the same country carried out in 1995 with the intention of ‘punishing’ Taipei for the (albeit unofficial) visit of its president to the US and in 1996, to intimidate the citizens of that country. pa