{"id":1236,"date":"2022-08-10T17:30:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2022-08-10T17:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:30:43","slug":"china-halts-military-drills-around-taiwan-but-war-preparation-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/china-halts-military-drills-around-taiwan-but-war-preparation-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"China halts military drills around Taiwan but \u2018war preparation\u2019 continues."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beijing has announced an end to its military drills surrounding Taiwan but said further \u201ctraining and war preparation\u201d would continue. It made the announcement shortly after reaffirming its commitment, in a major policy paper, to use force against Taiwan if it cannot take control \u201cby peaceful means,&#8221;\u00a0reports citing\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theatre Command said on Wednesday afternoon the exercises had been completed and \u201ceffectively tested the integrated joint combat capabilities of the troops,\u201d according to state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement pledged to monitor the Taiwan strait, regularly patrol the area, and remain ready for combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last week, Beijing\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) launched live-fire military exercises in seven large zones closely surrounding Taiwan\u2019s main island. Taiwan\u2019s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, on Tuesday accused China of using military drills to prepare for invasion. On Wednesday, Pelosi defended her visit, saying it was \u201cabsolutely\u201d worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing has announced an end to its military drills surrounding Taiwan but said further \u201ctraining and war preparation\u201d would continue. It made the announcement shortly after reaffirming its commitment, in a major policy paper, to use force against Taiwan if it cannot take control \u201cby peaceful means,&#8221;\u00a0reports citing\u00a0The Guardian. A spokesperson for the PLA Eastern &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}