Chinese PLA conducts "Joint Sword-2024B" drills surrounding Taiwan island

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Chinese PLA conducts "Joint Sword-2024B" drills surrounding Taiwan island

2024-10-14 07:56 Last Updated At：16:27

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday organized its troops of army, navy, air force and rocket force to conduct "Joint Sword-2024B" drills in the Taiwan Strait and the north, south and east of the island of Taiwan, said a spokesperson.

Li Xi, spokesperson for the theater command, said the drills involve vessels and planes closing in on the island from multiple directions and assaults by joint forces.

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The drills focus on joint sea-air combat readiness patrol, the blockade and control of key ports and areas, strikes on sea and land targets, and the seizure of comprehensive battlefield control, so as to test the joint real-combat capabilities of the forces of the command, Li said.

The drills are a powerful deterrent to the separatist activities of "Taiwan independence" elements, and are legitimate and necessary actions to safeguard national sovereignty and national unity, Li said.

China seeks further high-quality Belt and Road cooperation with partner countries: spokesman

2024-12-07 01:09 Last Updated At：02:17

China will pursue greater high-quality cooperation with partner counties within the framework of the Belt and Road Imitative to deliver more benefits to the Global South and beyond, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday.

Lin made the remarks when elaborating on the progress of the BRI since its launch in 2013.

He said high-quality Belt and Road Initiative has achieved tangible and fruitful outcomes over the past year.

"China signed Belt and Road cooperation documents with countries including Egypt, Timor-Leste, Peru and Brazil, established the Secretariat of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and set up over 30 multilateral cooperation platforms in special areas of energy, taxation and disaster relief," said Lin. "In the first ten months of this year, trade in goods between China and partner countries reached 16.94 trillion yuan (more than 2.33 trillion U.S. dollars), up by 6.2 percent; and Chinese companies signed new project contracts worth over 1 trillion yuan (about 137.8 billion U.S. dollars) in partner countries, up by 17.1 percent. The China-Europe Trans-Caspian Express was officially launched, and the China-Europe Railway Express has run over 100,000 trips in total, shipping over 11 million containers of goods worth more than 420 billion U.S. dollars. More than 800,000 containers of goods were shipped this year through the new western land-sea corridor train service, which links 542 ports in 125 countries and regions around the world," said the spokesman.

He said China is ready to work with all sides to foster a better future for the world.

"The aim of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation is to enable partner countries to realize and benefit from connectivity with the world and bring the hope of development and prosperity to the Global South. China stands ready to work with all parties to continue upholding the vision of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefit, advance both big infrastructure projects and small and smart projects, and emphasize both broad strokes and refined details, so as to build the BRI into a source of happiness that benefits the world and a dream maker that helps countries jointly realize modernization," said Lin.