China said the exercises were punishment for separatist forces seeking independence (Image: Getty)
Revelation 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- A top US official has described China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan as “a rehearsal” for an invasion.
- US Indo-Pacific Commander Samuel Paparo said his command monitored China’s drills last Thursday and Friday.
- “We watched it. We took note. We learned from it,” he told Nikkei, adding that it “looked like a rehearsal.”
- China said its two-day exercises were punishment for separatist forces seeking independence. Beijing claims the island is part of China’s national territory.
- The drills came days after President Lai Ching-te was inaugurated. He called on Beijing to stop threatening the island and pledged to “neither yield nor provoke” the mainland Communist Party leadership.
- Admiral Paparo warned China continues to “build capability at an alarming rate.”
- The US does not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is bound by its own laws to provide the island with the means to defend itself.
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