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The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (CV-16) sailing on calm water with green hills and hazy mountains in the background

China Stages Unannounced Pacific Drills in ‘Silent Intimidation’ of Taiwan

China massed more than 100 warships and coast guard vessels across the western Pacific and around Taiwan in early November, holding a large military exercise that Beijing never announced and Taiwanese officials have described as “silent intimidation.” The exercise, which peaked in early November, was larger than “Justice Mission 2025,” China’s last formally named drills ...