Tensions are reaching a critical point in the Taiwan Strait as China launches “Justice Mission 2025,” one of its largest military exercises to date. The drills include sea-air blockades, live-fire operations,

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Analysts say China’s latest military exercises are aimed at deterring closer US-Japan security ties and demonstrating coordination with Russia, reflecting a strategy to constrain Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and test Taiwan’s resolve.

Lin Ying-yu (林穎佑), an associate professor in Tamkang University’s Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, said the drills were not solely a response to this month’s US arms sales to Taiwan,

South Africa will host the multinational naval exercise Will for Peace 2026 in early January, when Chinese, Russian, and Iranian naval vessels will arrive on

China’s intensified military drills near Japan and Taiwan have triggered a rare show of force from Tokyo, with Japan scrambling F-2 fighter jets armed with anti-ship missiles as Beijing’s Liaoning aircraft carrier and Chinese-Russian bombers probe U.

Sahand 2025” marks a major milestone in Tehran’s integration into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization – and in its pursuit of greater international recognition.