ANALYSIS/China's drills aimed at testing the U.S.' ability to handle double crises: Analyst
10/14/2024 06:57 PM
China's timing of the Joint Sword 2024-B military drills was meant to test the United States' ability to simultaneously respond to crises in the Taiwan Strait and on the Korean Peninsula, an analyst said Monday.
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