News Snapshot:
Ahead of the Joint Sword exercise from 8 to 10 April which encircled Taiwan Island, Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), issued a stern cautionary statement on the provocative actions of “Taiwan independence” secessionist groups and their collusion with foreign forces. It came as no shock that China responded with vehement displeasure, accompanied by overt displays of military posture, subsequent to the hosting of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen by US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California on 5 April. The United States’ unequivocal avowal of support for Taiwan was...
