China’s war games near Taiwan could be used to conceal attack, US says

"Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan are not “exercises” but “rehearsals” for an attack on Taiwan", Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific chief Adm. Samuel Paparo said.

"China’s military exercises around Taiwan have become so extensive that they can soon be used as a “fig leaf” to conceal an attack on the island", according to the top US military commander in the Indo-Pacific.

"The People's Liberation Army had significantly increased activity around Taiwan in recent years, leaving it more difficult to distinguish between large-scale exercises and actual preparations for an attack", Paparo said.

"We're very close to that [point] where on a daily basis the fig leaf of an exercise could very well hide operational warning," he said.

"Their aggressive manoeuvres around Taiwan right now are not exercises as they call them, they are rehearsals. They are rehearsals for the forced unification of Taiwan to the mainland."

"The American military must step up preparations for conflict in the region."

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