NANJING -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday conducted multi-subject drills in waters to north, south, and east of Taiwan Island.

The Eastern Theater Command’s ground-based missile units conducted live firing in the East China Sea on Wednesday as part of the drills, involving precision strikes on simulated targets as key ...

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The military drills come as Beijing again warned the self-ruled island democracy of seeking formal independence.

As part of the drills, the ground army of the Eastern Theater Command conducted “live-fire long-range strike drills in designated areas of the East China Sea,” Shi said. “The drills involved ...

A spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army said the joint exercises involve army, navy, air force and rocket force units, which would "close in on Taiwan Island ...

China's latest round of military drills came as the U.S. struggles to shift focus from the Middle East and Europe.

The exercise was “to test the joint combat readiness” of the Command‘s forces and be a “stern warning” against Taiwanese separatism.

According to the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command, the patrols and exercises included simulated air and land strikes, as well as control of key passages to test the joint combat readiness of its ...

As part of the drills, which were not announced ahead of time, the ground army of the Eastern Theater Command conducted “live-fire long-range strike drills in designated areas of the East China ...