# China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan

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**Created:** [April 1, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://tzm.one/t/china-launches-surprise-military-drills-around-taiwan/53489 "2025-04-01T05:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kees](https://tzm.one/user_avatar/tzm.one/kees/32/8442_2.png) [@Kees](https://tzm.one/u/Kees)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://tzm.one/t/china-launches-surprise-military-drills-around-taiwan/53489/1 "2025-04-01T05:58:52Z")

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Just like Russia, China wants to play Age of Empires as well.

[![](https://tzm.one/uploads/default/original/2X/5/521beb08db1b87a2284e0e7488bbc46e55280a0a.jpeg "China holds large-scale military drills around Taiwan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gn7TCXMCVo)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/BtvebseZ5IE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hcp6sfcO6DM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

> **[China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/china-launches-surprise-military-drills-around-taiwan)**
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> Taiwan says it has detected nearly 20 vessels off its coast as Beijing orders large scale sea and air exercises and calls leaders in Taipei ‘parasites’

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**Author:** ![Kees](https://tzm.one/user_avatar/tzm.one/kees/32/8442_2.png) [@Kees](https://tzm.one/u/Kees)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://tzm.one/t/china-launches-surprise-military-drills-around-taiwan/53489/2 "2025-07-05T10:41:16Z")

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[![](https://tzm.one/uploads/default/original/2X/2/22f5f482148c2ad8b5ea40590b4bd532136beb27.jpeg "How Satellites Reveal China's Taiwan Invasion Plans") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1taDYPj8Sbc)