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PLA Eastern Theater Command releases footage of live-fire joint drills around Taiwan Island

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PLA Eastern Theater Command releases footage of live-fire joint drills around Taiwan Island

2025-12-30 15:58 Last Updated At:17:57

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) released a video on Tuesday titled "Target Elimination, Line Breakage, Port Isolation" from a new round of joint military exercises around the Taiwan Island.

Multiple forces of the Eastern Theater Command of the PLA began the joint drills, code-named "Justice Mission 2025," around the Taiwan Island on Monday.

The PLA Eastern Theater Command has dispatched its Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force troops to conduct the drills in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, southwest, southeast, and east of Taiwan Island.

The footage showed the drills from the Air Force and the Rocket Force, focusing on neutralizing strategic targets, joint sea and air exercises on cutting off supply line, and long-range rockets launching drills on sealing off key ports.

PLA Eastern Theater Command releases footage of live-fire joint drills around Taiwan Island

PLA Eastern Theater Command releases footage of live-fire joint drills around Taiwan Island

Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended flat at 3,965.12 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.49 percent higher at 13,604.07 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.63 percent to close at 3,242.9 points Tuesday. The ChiNext Index, together with the Shenzhen Component Index and other indices, reflects the performance of stocks listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Chinese shares close higher Tuesday

Chinese shares close higher Tuesday

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