{"id":70078,"date":"2022-08-09T18:06:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/09\/china-drills-show-ambitions-beyond-island-taiwan-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:14:52","slug":"china-drills-show-ambitions-beyond-island-taiwan-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/08\/09\/china-drills-show-ambitions-beyond-island-taiwan-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"China drills show ambitions beyond island, Taiwan warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PINGTUNG, Taiwan \u2014 Taiwan warned Tuesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2022\/08\/08\/china-extends-threatening-military-exercises-around-taiwan\/\">Chinese military drills<\/a> aren\u2019t just a rehearsal for an invasion of the self-governing island but also reflect ambitions to control large swaths of the western Pacific, as Taipei conducted its own exercises to underscore it\u2019s ready to defend itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angered by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/08\/02\/us-house-speaker-pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-defying-beijing\/\">recent visit to Taiwan<\/a>, China has sent military ships and planes across the midline that separates the two sides in the Taiwan Strait and launched missiles into waters surrounding the island. The drills, which began Thursday, have disrupted flights and shipping in one of the busiest zones for global trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/07\/26\/chinas-growing-influence-in-us-neighborhood-worries-southcom-boss\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Panama-Passage.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China\u2019s growing influence in US \u2018neighborhood\u2019 worries SOUTHCOM boss<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">This isn\u2019t the first time SOUTHCOM has voiced concerns over China\u2019s presence in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ignoring calls to calm tensions, Beijing instead extended the exercises without announcing when they will end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-china-beijing-nancy-pelosi-6dd2e5c56820634bd81e24dc823819b6\" target=\"_blank\">aiming to annex the island democracy<\/a>, which split with the mainland amid civil war in 1949, China wants to establish its dominance in the western Pacific. That would include controlling of the East and South China Seas via the Taiwan Strait and imposing a blockade to prevent the U.S. and its allies from aiding Taiwan in the event of an attack, he told a news conference in Taipei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercises show China\u2019s \u201cgeostrategic ambition beyond Taiwan,\u201d which Beijing claims as its own territory, Wu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina has no right to interfere in or alter\u201d Taiwan\u2019s democracy or its interactions with other nations, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wu\u2019s assessment of China\u2019s maneuvers was grimmer than that of other observers but echoed widespread concerns that Beijing is seeking to expand its influence in the Pacific, where the U.S. has military bases and extensive treaty partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has said its drills were <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-biden-asia-united-states-beijing-e3a6ea22e004f21e6b2a28b0f28ec4c5\" target=\"_blank\">prompted by Pelosi\u2019s visit<\/a>, but Wu said Beijing was using her trip as a pretext for intimidating moves long in the works. China also <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-technology-health-asia-china-4e66d6d2944204a5261b4bfbe0048688\" target=\"_blank\">banned some Taiwanese food imports<\/a> after the visit and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/05\/china-halts-climate-military-ties-over-pelosi-taiwan-visit\/\">cut off dialogue<\/a> with the U.S. on a range of issues from military contacts to combating transnational crime and climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi also dismissed China\u2019s outrage as a public stunt, noting on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show that \u201cnobody said a word\u201d about a Senate delegation a few visit months ago. Later on the MSNBC news network, she said Chinese President Xi Jinping was acting like a \u201cscared bully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think the president of China should control the schedules of members of Congress,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through its maneuvers, China has pushed closer to Taiwan\u2019s borders and may be seeking to establish a new normal in which it could eventually control access to the island\u2019s ports and airspace. But that would likely elicit a strong response from the military on the island, whose people strongly favor the status quo of de-facto independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S., Taipei\u2019s main backer, has also shown itself to be willing to face down Beijing\u2019s threats. Washington has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan in deference to Beijing, but is legally bound to ensure the island can defend itself and to treat all threats against it as matters of grave concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That leaves open the question of whether Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/05\/23\/biden-us-would-intervene-with-military-to-defend-taiwan\/\">would dispatch forces if China attacked Taiwan<\/a>. U.S. President Joe Biden has said repeatedly the U.S. is bound to do so \u2014 but staff members have quickly walked back those comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/china\/2022\/03\/20\/china-fully-militarized-isles-indo-pacific-commander-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22079501502194.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China fully militarized isles, Indo-Pacific commander says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The efforts were part of China\u2019s flexing its military muscle, U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Adm. John C. Aquilino said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the geopolitical risks, an extended crisis in the Taiwan Strait, a significant thoroughfare for global trade, could have major implications for international supply chains at a time when the world is already facing disruptions and uncertainty in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. In particular, Taiwan is a crucial provider of computer chips for the global economy, including China\u2019s high-tech sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the drills, Taiwan has put its forces on alert, but has so far refrained from taking active counter measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, its military held live-fire artillery drills in Pingtung County on its southeastern coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The army will continue to train and accumulate strength to deal with the threat from China, said Maj, Gen. Lou Woei-jye, spokesperson for Taiwan\u2019s 8th Army Command. \u201cNo matter what the situation is &#8230; this is the best way to defend our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwan, once a Japanese colony, had only loose connections to imperial China and then split with the mainland in 1949. 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