China Quietly Mobilizes Over 100 Warships And Patrol Vessels. Is Beijing Rehearsing a Taiwan Blockade?

Source: International Business Times

This photo taken on April 18, 2018 shows China's sole operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning (C), sailing during a drill at sea. Getty Images China deployed more than 100 naval and coast guard vessels across the western Pacific and waters surrounding Taiwan in an unusually large military operation that went unannounced by Beijing, raising questions about whether its forces were rehearsing a blockade of the island and efforts to prevent American military intervention. The exercises, conducted in early November, involved simulated attacks on opposing military forces and cities, including those in Taiwan, according to a senior Taiwanese security official who spoke to Reuters.