Emily Fang
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The Pentagon says China has increasingly used its Coast Guard in various Taiwan-themed military exercises and patrols around Taiwan's Kinmen Islands, which are very close to China's eastern shore.
The annual Pentagon report on China, which came out this week, noted that China's overall military has made steady progress towards its goal to be capable of what Beijing calls a strategic, decisive victory over Taiwan, a democratic island China hopes to one day control.
China says its Coast Guard ships are near the Taiwanese Kinmen Islands as part of a routine patrol.
Taiwan's Coast Guard dispatched three ships to monitor the Chinese group and said sailing in bad weather was, quote, unprofessional and irrational.
The Pentagon says China has increasingly used its Coast Guard in various Taiwan-themed military exercises and patrols around Taiwan's Kinmen Islands.
which are very close to China's eastern shore.
The annual Pentagon report on China, which came out this week, noted that China's overall military has made steady progress towards its goal to be capable of what Beijing calls a strategic decisive victory over Taiwan, a democratic island China hopes to one day control.
seized a second oil tanker just over the weekend, and Reuters, citing documents, reports the ship and its oil had been bound for China.
China opposes all, quote, unilateral and illegal sanctions, China's foreign ministry said.
It also said Venezuela has, quote, the right to develop relations with other countries.
Venezuela has slammed the U.S.
China buys about 80% of Venezuela's oil now.
Some of it shipped on unregistered boats to evade U.S.
But for China, that's just a figurative drop in the bucket.