{"id":382963,"date":"2026-01-02T05:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/382963\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T05:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:06:09","slug":"u-s-urges-beijing-to-show-restraint-after-drills-near-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/382963\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. urges Beijing to show ‘restraint’ after drills near Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, Jan. 1 (CNA) The United States has urged Beijing to pull back on its campaign to pressure Taiwan militarily following its latest live-fire military drills around the island held earlier this week.<\/p>\n

“China’s military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan and others in the region increase tensions unnecessarily,” Tommy Pigott, the U.S. State Department’s principal deputy spokesperson, said in a statement<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n

“We urge Beijing to exercise restraint, cease its military pressure against Taiwan, and instead engage in meaningful dialogue,” Pigott said.<\/p>\n

“The United States supports peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and opposes unilateral changes to the status quo, including by force or coercion.”<\/p>\n

A number of other countries have also voiced concerns over the latest People’s Liberation Army (PLA) drills, including the European Union, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u2022 EU, UK, Philippines express concern over China’s latest drills<\/a><\/p>\n

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The PLA carried out what it called “Justice Mission-2025” military exercises from Monday to Tuesday in five maritime zones and airspace around Taiwan, saying it was a “stern warning to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces.”<\/p>\n

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday that the PLA fired 27 rockets during the second day of the drills, with 10 landing in waters within Taiwan’s 24-nautical-mile contiguous zone, the closest ever Chinese live-fire activity to Taiwan.<\/p>\n

(By Chung Yu-chen and Hsiao Hsu-chen) <\/p>\n

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