China's military is looking for reasons to push the envelope with closer operations off Taiwan, the island's defense chief said.
last year said Beijing aims to put its forces in a"leading position in an enduring competition between systems," chiefly with the United States.
Taiwan Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng attends a legislative session on February 24, 2023, in Taipei, Taiwan.Chiu, the Taiwanese defense chief, said China's military had been operating with a"stronger posture" toward Taiwan since last year, after breaking a decades-long tacit agreement not to send forces across the strait's center line.
by American politicians or U.S.-Taiwan military exchanges. The possibility of a"sudden incursion" by China's forces in response to these developments was high, he said. He later added a proposal to maintain a U.S. weapons stockpile in Taiwan was"under discussion," without elaborating. China's two sessions refer to the plenary meetings each spring of its legislature, known as the National People's
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