China-Taiwan news: White House calls China’s military drills ‘provocative’ and ‘irresponsible’ – live

Taiwan also detected 14 Chinese military ships conducting activities around the Taiwan Strait, its defence ministry said

How worried should we be about military conflict?

Here’s a summary of the latest developments as it passes 2pm in Taipei.

Christopher Twomey, a security scholar at the US Naval Postgraduate School in California, told Reuters the severing of the communication links was worrying, coming at what he believed was the beginning of a new Taiwan crisis.

“That is precisely the time you would want to have more opportunities to talk to the other side ... Losing those channels greatly reduces the ability of the two sides to de-conflict military forces as various exercises and operations continue.”

Continue reading...

 ALL Credit of this post going to https://www.theguardian.com

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Gove confirms mandatory housebuilding targets for councils will be abolished in face of Tory rebellion – UK politics live

Kotak Mahindra Bank Recruitment 2022 Released for Graduate Candidates And Apply Online