For the first time ever, Taiwan deliberately slowed its mobile internet speed across central and northern Taiwan, as the island democracy holds its largest annual war games to practice fending off a potential Chinese attack. @whannyuanc @OfficialBen_L @PLATracker @JohnMeesCNN

On July 7th, the Shuiqiao-class Landing Platform Utility (LPU) barges departed Yuhuan Naval Pier and sailed to a beach located in Southern Fujian.

Chinese Flotilla Surges East of Taiwan Amid Spat with the Philippines, Japan — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/06/08/chi…

“Everybody has a theory, but nobody has an answer.” China has routinely sent warplanes near Taiwan, but an unusual lull has stoked uncertainty about what Beijing is doing. wsj.com/world/china/mysterio… With quotes from @TangAnZhu @OfficialBen_L @KTristanTang

A large Chinese military drone has conducted regular flights over the South China Sea in recent months while transmitting false transponder signals that made it appear to be other aircraft, including a sanctioned Belarusian cargo plane and a British Typhoon fighter jet. Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China's gray-zone tactics in the contested South China Sea and appear to be testing possible decoy capabilities in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan reut.rs/3ZXVlTF

At 0541hrs (UTC+8), a PLA reconnaissance UAV was detected entering Taiwan’s southwestern ADIZ and entering airspace near Dongsha (the Pratas Islands). After radio warnings, the UAV departed the area. The #ROCArmedForces are monitoring the situation and responding accordingly.

Chinese PLA Eastern Theater Command Conducts “Justice Mission 2025” Drills 东部战区开展“正义使命-2025”演习 Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson of the Chinese PLA Eastern Theater Command: Starting from December 29, the PLA Eastern Theater Command is dispatching its Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force troops to conduct joint military drills code-named “Justice Mission 2025” in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, southwest, southeast and east of the Taiwan Island, focusing on subjects of sea-air combat readiness patrol, joint seizure of comprehensive superiority, blockade on key ports and areas, as well as all-dimensional deterrence outside the island chain. With vessels and aircraft approaching the Taiwan Island in close proximity from different directions, troops of multiple services engage in joint assaults so as to test their joint operations capabilities. It is a stern warning against “Taiwan Independence” separatist forces, and it is a legitimate and necessary action to safeguard China’s sovereignty and national unity. 东部战区新闻发言人施毅陆军大校表示，12月29日开始，中国人民解放军东部战区组织陆军、海军、空军、火箭军等兵力，位台湾海峡、台岛北部、台岛西南、台岛东南、台岛以东，组织“正义使命-2025”演习，重点演练海空战备警巡、夺取综合制权、要港要域封控、外线立体慑阻等科目，舰机多向抵近台岛，诸军兵种联合突击，旨在检验战区部队联合作战实战能力。 这是对“台独”分裂势力和外部干涉势力的严重警告，是捍卫国家主权、维护国家统一的正当必要行动。