President Xi Jinping has ordered the military to train and prepare for wartime scenarios.

During the visit, Xi Jinping emphasized that the Chinese military needs to "comprehensively strengthen training and war preparedness, ensuring the military has solid combat capabilities ." At the same time, soldiers need to " strengthen strategic deterrence and combat capabilities ."

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the military to enhance its combat readiness. (Photo: NDTV)

On October 14, Beijing deployed fighter jets, drones, warships, and coast guard vessels to encircle Taiwan. These operations are part of China's fourth large-scale military exercise around Taiwan in just the past two years.

This exercise follows recent remarks by Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te, who declared his opposition to any "annexation or encroachment" and asserted that Beijing has no right to represent the island's 23 million people.

"These exercises demonstrate to the Chinese people that the government is determined to defend its territory. They also aim to warn Taipei and Washington not to cross Beijing's red line," said Bonnie Glaser, executive director of the Indo- Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund.

Taiwan's defense ministry strongly condemned China's "unreasonable and provocative actions" and said it had "deployed appropriate forces to respond in order to protect the freedom, democracy, and sovereignty " of the island.

Meanwhile, Beijing stressed that it does not rule out the possibility of using force to unify Taiwan and said the exercise was a warning against "separatist actions by forces demanding independence for Taiwan."

Kong Anh (Source: NDTV)

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