1/10 - China concludes fiery military drills 'encircling' Taiwan
China said it has successfully completed its three-day large-scale fire and fury military drills "encircling" Taiwan.
2/10 - Successfully ended 'combat readiness' patrols: China
The Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People\'s Liberation Army (PLA) successfully completed all tasks of its combat readiness patrols and exercises around Taiwan Island, official media here reported.
3/10 - Taiwan says will keep paying close attention to China military
Though China has announced the end of drills, Taiwan will not stop strengthening combat preparedness and continue to pay close attention to China\'s missiles force and movements of the Shandong carrier, the island\'s defence ministry said.
4/10 - Taiwan condemns China for undermining 'peace and stability'
China "wilfully uses military exercises to undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," the foreign ministry said, adding Taipei will maintain close links with the United States "to jointly deter authoritarian expansion".
5/10 - Taiwan detected 12 Chinese warships, 91 jets on final day of drills
"Although (China\'s) Eastern Theatre Command has announced the end of its exercise, the military will never relax its efforts to strengthen its combat readiness," the defence ministry said in a statement, adding that its tally of ships and aircraft was as of 6 pm (1000 GMT) on Monday.
6/10 - China military 'ready to fight' after drills
“The theater’s troops are ready to fight at all times and can fight at any time to resolutely smash any form of ‘Taiwan independence’ and foreign interference attempts,” China said.
7/10 - China said it had 'successfully completed' tasks related to its 'Joint Sword' drills.
The exercise "comprehensively tested the integrated joint combat ability of multiple military branches under actual combat conditions", the People\'s Liberation Army\'s (PLA) Eastern Command said in a statement.
8/10 - Kremlin says China has 'right' to drills around Taiwan
"China has the sovereign right to respond to these provocative acts, including with military manoeuvres, in strict accordance with international law," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
9/10 - Philippines tells China sites for US military pact not for 'offensive action'
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assured China on Monday that military bases accessible to the United States would not be used in any offensive action.
10/10 - China warns Taiwan independence, peace 'mutually exclusive'
"Taiwan independence and Taiwan Strait peace and stability are mutually exclusive things," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular briefing.
