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China's military demonstrated heightened operational activity in key maritime regions during the period. The People's Liberation Army conducted naval and air force drills in the South China Sea, including carrier landing training and anti-submarine exercises. Concurrently, it reported warning and expelling a Philippine government aircraft near Huangyan Dao and rescuing Filipino sailors from a shipwreck. In the East China Sea, China deployed coast guard vessels to patrol around the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, asserting its sovereignty claims over the area administered by Japan.
International discourse was marked by heightened rhetoric over Arctic security, with President Trump's claims about a potential Russian or Chinese seizure of Greenland being firmly rejected by Nordic officials and Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov. NATO officials acknowledged no current military threat near Greenland but emphasized a focus on keeping strategic rivals out of the region. In the Asia-Pacific, China escalated economic measures against Japan, imposing immediate export controls on dual-use items in response to Japan's perceived remilitarization and comments on Taiwan. Military tensions persisted, with China's Eastern Theater Command monitoring U.S. naval transits of the Taiwan Strait and conducting drone flights over Taiwan-controlled Dongsha Island. Separately, China commenced a national security trial in Hong Kong for three pro-democracy activists linked to the Tiananmen Square vigil.
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The Chinese military conducted combat readiness patrols and drills around Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea. The People's Liberation Army also released footage of a combat drill with drone support and held a confrontational anti-submarine exercise with a Type 055 destroyer. A spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command said the Chinese navy maintains peace and stability in the region. The military stated it warned and expelled a Philippine government aircraft that intruded into the airspace over Huangyan Dao.
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Jan 19
Chinese military monitors and responds to U.S. warships passing through Taiwan StraitThe Chinese military, specifically the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, says it monitored and effectively responded to U.S. naval vessels transiting the Taiwan Strait. The PLA described the transit as a 'provocation' and stated it remains on high alert to defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The U.S. Navy regularly conducts such transits, which it describes as routine operations in international waters, but China views them as a challenge to its claim over Taiwan.
Jan 29
Nvidia faces new US restrictions and scrutiny over AI chip sales to ChinaNvidia is dealing with new US government rules that limit its sales of advanced AI chips to China. The Trump administration enacted security rules for these sales, and while the Commerce Department recently approved the sale of Nvidia's H200 chips to China, it set strict limitations on the transactions. Separately, a US lawmaker has claimed that Nvidia helped the Chinese AI company DeepSeek hone models that were later used by China's military. Meanwhile, the Financial Times reported that some suppliers for the H200 chip have halted production after China blocked shipments of the components.