China’s communist regime is concluding three days of provocative military exercises around Taiwan, but experts are divided on whether the incident is mere posturing or a more serious attempt to prepare for war.
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military wing declared that the exercises demonstrated the regime is “ready to fight” after rehearsing a simulating encirclement and blockade of Taiwan, which the CCP claims is part of its territory.
The tough talk is just talk, however, according to David Stilwell, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general and former assistant secretary of state.
“It’s all about signaling,” Stilwell told the Epoch Times….
