Charlie McHenry<p>Bill Bishop reports — (Chinese) Eastern Theater Command Organizes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Forces to Conduct Joint Military Exercises Around Taiwan Island 东部战区组织陆海空火等兵力位台岛周边开展联合演训 <a href="http://www.news.cn/20250401/01ebd5f546944c89ad0104c4a0fb0d97/c.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">news.cn/20250401/01ebd5f546944</span><span class="invisible">c89ad0104c4a0fb0d97/c.html</span></a> Eastern Theater Command spokesperson, Senior Colonel Shi Yi of the Army, stated that beginning April 1, the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is organizing forces from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force to conduct multi-directional approaches toward Taiwan Island in the surrounding areas. The exercises will focus on training in maritime and air combat readiness patrols, seizing comprehensive control, strikes against maritime and land targets, and blockading key areas and passages, to test the joint combat capabilities of the theater forces. This should be seen as a warning to Taiwan and the US &amp; allies. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ChineseNavalThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseNavalThreat</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ChineseMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseMilitary</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/TaiwanStrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaiwanStrait</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthChinaSea</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/NavalBlockaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavalBlockaid</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/NavalWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavalWarfare</span></a></p>