Manoeuvres around Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army have become a routine affair, but their tempo and intensity have steadily increased in recent years.What were occasional sorties before 2020 have evolved into a well-coordinated campaign designed not only for combat training but also for strategic signalling.But not all PLA operations around Taiwan are the same.
They fall into three main categories: near-daily aerial patrols, combat-readiness patrols, and large-scale joint forces...