According to a report from the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan, the Beijing regime is gradually reinforcing its capacity to isolate and militarily pressure the island, using exercises around its territory to practice blockade scenarios and prepare its forces for a potential conflict.
The assessment warns that China is increasing the control it exerts over the air and maritime space around the Taiwan Strait through combat readiness patrols, military maneuvers, and operations increasingly distant from its coasts. Taipei believes these activities are part of a strategy aimed at weakening the island's defenses and limiting its connections with the outside world.
China considers Taiwan to be part of its territory, despite the fact that the island has a democratic government that rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims. The communist regime has never renounced the use of force to impose its control over the territory and maintains a virtually daily military presence near Taiwan.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has warned about the increase in China's military capabilities to launch a future attack on the island
According to the report, the exercises conducted by China in recent years have had a recurring element: the practice of ''blockade and joint control'' operations of the maritime routes leading to and from Taiwan.
During these maneuvers, military aircraft, warships, and units of the Chinese Coast Guard participate in operations aimed at surrounding the island and simulating the cutting off of its main communication routes. Taipei argues that these activities allow Beijing to develop the necessary conditions for a potential invasion without the need to immediately initiate a direct attack.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense believes that China still lacks all the necessary capabilities to execute a large-scale amphibious assault against the island. However, it warns that Beijing is strengthening other tools that could be used during the early stages of a war, particularly those aimed at disrupting communications, isolating Taiwan, and destroying its defense systems.
The Chinese regime's plan consists of surrounding the island and cutting off its communication routes, hypotheses on which the exercises carried out by Taipei are based
One of the objectives identified by Taipei is the command and control capability of Taiwanese forces. According to the report, China would seek to attack those systems and reduce the island's air defense capability from the early phases of any confrontation.
The document also highlights that the Chinese armed forces are learning from recent conflicts to improve their preparedness. The war between Russia and Ukraine constitutes one of their main sources of information, especially due to the massive use of cheap drones capable of saturating enemy defenses.
Beijing is also analyzing the problems experienced by the United States during its war against Iran. The Taiwanese report notes that China studies factors such as the rapid consumption of ammunition, pressure on air interception systems, difficulties in mobilizing the military industry, and the fragility that alliances may present during a prolonged conflict.
For Taipei, this behavior demonstrates that China seeks to turn the experiences of other wars into advantages for its own armed forces. The regime could use these lessons to correct vulnerabilities before facing an adversary in the Taiwan Strait.
The Xi Jinping regime has taken the war in Ukraine as a learning source for the operational optimization of the Chinese armed forces
The increasing military activity occurs in a context of greater uncertainty within the People's Liberation Army. The report notes that an ''unprecedented'' purge of high-ranking military officials has increased the unpredictability of Beijing's decisions and raised questions about the functioning of its command structure.
Taiwan believes that this combination of military reorganization, blockade exercises, and expansion of operations around the strait represents an ever-increasing risk to regional stability.
The United States continues to supply arms to Taiwan while maintaining a policy of strategic ambiguity regarding potential military intervention. For Taipei, U.S. support constitutes an important element of deterrence against Beijing's growing territorial ambitions.
The report concludes, in essence, that China is not limited to increasing its military presence around Taiwan: it is also refining the tactics that could be employed to isolate the island, neutralize its defenses, and create the conditions for a larger-scale military operation.
In addition to the aggressive policy towards Taiwan, Xi Jinping's regime is carrying out a massive purge within its inner circle
