World War 3: The drills seem to be ramped up [GETTY]
TAIWAN’s yearly live-fire drills will focus on repelling a simulated invasion from China as the two nations square up amid rocketing tensions.
The yearly drills, codenamed “Han Kuang” or “Han Glory”, will take place on June 4.
Taiwan seems to be ramping up their drills this year with the first inclusion of its coast guard and National Airborne Service Corps.
It comes after China conducted its own live-fire drills on April 18.
Beijing drafts plan for symbolic bridge, but lacks approval from Taiwanese authorities
The mainland government has recently approved a national road project that includes two cross-strait highways linking both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
If completed, the project would be a literal and figurative bridge between the mainland and Taiwan and would mark a major milestone in cross-strait relations.
However, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, the island’s top cross-strait policy planning body, told the South China Morning Post the project had been “unilaterally worked out by mainland authorities“.
“Based on national security concerns and cross-strait interactions, we have not planned anything with such high political sensitivity and complexity,” the council said, spelling out the island’s political and security concerns. Continue reading
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