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China's military said the drills were a warning to any separatists in Taiwan, a democratic society China hopes one day to control.
China's last such military exercise was this past April.
It has stepped up aggressive drills that entirely encircle Taiwan since 2022.
An annual Pentagon report on China's military capabilities noted that Beijing has developed higher flexibility and coordination among its military branches and recent drills designed to simulate an attack or a blockade on Taiwan.
China is warning ships and planes to stay out of five large areas around the Asian island of Taiwan on Tuesday.
That's where China's Navy, Army, Air Force, and Rocket Force will be practicing joint assaults, sea-to-air combat, and simulating blockades on Taiwan's ports.
China's military said the drills were a warning to any separatists in Taiwan, a democratic society China hopes one day to control.
China's last such military exercise was this past April.
It has stepped up aggressive drills that entirely encircle Taiwan since 2022.
An annual Pentagon report on China's military capabilities noted that Beijing has developed higher flexibility and coordination among its military branches and recent drills designed to simulate an attack or a blockade on Taiwan.
The law takes effect in March, and the amendments were designed with the CPTPP in mind.
This is a Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement of now 12 countries, which originally also included the U.S., though the U.S.
officially withdrew in 2017 during the first Trump administration.
Now China wants to join the CPTPP, and it's revised some elements of its law on digital trade and intellectual property to meet the group's standards.
It's also beefed up its wording on powers to counteract lawsuits from private and foreign firms.
China's revised its foreign trade law only three times.
The last time was in 2022, when China moved to streamline import and export procedures.