Massive China Military *Exercise* in August to Simulate Taking Strategic Taiwan Islands

China plans landing drill for Pratas Islands as US ramps up military activity in sensitive Taiwan Strait
The large-scale landing drill is planned to simulate the possible future seizure of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands
May 14, 2020
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Japan’s Kyodo News reported earlier this week that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army intended to hold a beach landing simulation off Hainan Island, China’s southernmost province, which would mobilise marines, landing ships, hovercrafts and helicopters.

It cited unnamed Chinese sources as indicating the exercise may game out a scenario of capturing Pratas, also known as Dongsha, which is strategically important for China’s advance into the Pacific Ocean.

The island, 530 miles southwest of Taipei, is home to a small airfield used mainly by the Taiwanese military.

China preparing to conduct an exercise which will simulate an assault on Taiwanese islands
May 13, 2020
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The People’s Liberation Army is preparing for a gargantuan “training exercise” in the South China Sea, one designed to simulate the assault and takeover of Taiwanese island chains.

No longer attempting to hide their future intentions, the Chinese Communist Party will be conducting their exercises via the Southern Theater Command, and will utilize helicopters, marines, hovercrafts and assault vessels, in the hopes of learning how to better orchestrate a takeover of the Dongsha Islands (also known as the Pratas Islands).

PLAN forces already control Hainan Island as a major seaport for military operations, but American patrols in the region have increased the need for newer islands.



We cannot forget -

China’s Secret Military Plan: Invade Taiwan by 2020
Book based on internal documents says Beijing's invasion plan would trigger U.S.-China conflict
October 3, 2017
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China has drawn up secret military plans to take over the island of Taiwan by 2020, an action that would likely lead to a larger U.S.-China conventional or nuclear war, according to newly-disclosed internal Chinese military documents.

The secret war plan drawn up by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese Communist Party's armed forces, calls for massive missile attacks on the island, along with a naval and air blockade that is followed by amphibious beach landing assaults using up to 400,000 troops.


Report: China Has Secret Plans to Invade Taiwan by 2020

Oct 4, 2017
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