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The case has sparked fresh concerns about the CCP’s persistent efforts to influence democratically governed Taiwan from within.
Taiwanese officials say the CCP is focused on influencing Taiwan’s elections, blocking U.S. arms sales, and tightening loyalty within the Party.
The House China panel chairman says the Commerce Department clouded safeguards adopted after advanced TSMC-made chips reached Huawei.
The live exercise tested whether emergency services and civilian institutions could operate while commercial mobile data speeds were sharply restricted.
Taiwan uncovered illegal recruitment by prominent Chinese companies amid more than 100 similar cases since 2020.
This year’s exercise is different in unprecedented ways such as the military’s use of drone swarms, said one expert.
Jed Royal said Taiwan’s ’strategy of erosion' can work but requires stronger defenses, dispersed stockpiles, and repeated civilian-military exercises.
The senior House Republican also called for U.S.–Taiwan drone co-production as Taipei considers a $6.7 billion unmanned systems plan.
President Lai Ching-te entered an underground command post as Taiwan tested coastal defenses, port security, and reserve mobilization.
The exercise adds U.S.-style backbriefs as ships disperse, southern forces reinforce Taipei, and two reserve brigades fully mobilize.
The Chinese law mirrors language Russia used before its invasion of Ukraine, Chrystia Freeland said.
The YJ-20 is inferior to U.S. hypersonic missiles, and China’s attempt to breach island chains would be thwarted by U.S.-led allies in real combat, experts say.
‘The entire international community should come together and staunchly oppose this malicious law,’ Lai said.
While conventional military activity has declined, pressure below the threshold of armed conflict has continued to expand.
Officials accuse the CUPP of promoting Beijing’s agenda through infiltration, election meddling, intimidation, and criminal links.
Prosecutors have detained a seventh suspect, identified as an Nvidia manager.
Beijing abruptly launched two-day live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait shortly after Washington and Taipei criticized its assertive actions.
Producer Ben Tsiang said it was important to preserve the stories of the people who laid the foundation for Taiwan’s semiconductor industry.
Beijing uses infiltration, subsidized trips, and digital influence campaigns to weaken Taiwan people’s trust in the U.S. and shape voting behavior: officials.
Mainland sources said the military exercises could include routine training, political signaling, and efforts to dull regional vigilance.
