The U.S. election and war in the Middle East are dominating the headlines, but don’t sleep on events in the Pacific. China this week practiced a military blockade of Taiwan that is an all too real future possibility. Beijing isn’t hiding the drill’s purpose. The Ministry of National Defense said the exercise on Monday focused…
China-Taiwan conflict: Taiwan’s Defence Ministry announced Monday it would not escalate tensions in response to China’s latest military exercises but has heightened its alert on outlying islands while closely monitoring the movements of China’s rocket forces, as per a report by Reuters. The drills, which encircled Taiwan and nearby islands, were described by China as…