# What we know about China’s military exercises around Taiwan

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/what-we-know-about-chinas-military-exercises-around-taiwan/
- Published: 2026-11-13T18:19:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T01:33:25+00:00
- Original publisher: France 24 (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20261113-chinese-army-military-exercises-taiwan
- Topics: Asia, Fitness, Health, World

## Key points

- Chinese forces held extensive manoeuvres around Taiwan.
- The reported activity does not amount to a blockade.
- Aircraft and ship numbers fell by 8–9 November.

## Summary

China has carried out large-scale military manoeuvres around Taiwan since 2 November, but claims that it has taken control of the island or imposed a blockade are misleading. A geopolitics researcher says the deployment does not show that Taiwan is under Chinese military control.

Taiwan reported 100 Chinese navy and coast guard ships in the western Pacific and 49 military aircraft near the island on 3 November. By 8–9 November, it counted one aircraft north of Taiwan and eight ships nearby; civilian vessels continued to sail, including through the Taiwan Strait. The operations also extended into the South China, East China and Philippine seas, and may have been winding down ahead of the APEC summit in China on 18 November.

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