CHINA has paraded its terrifying new invasion barges that connect up to form a runway for attack vehicles – which could be used to storm Taiwan. Satellite pictures show the huge hybrid

China's launches drills around Taiwan to "severely punish" the island's pro-independence leader, as the U.S. boosts its war footing in Japan to deter Chinese "aggression."

Taiwan's defence ministry on Thursday detailed a surge in Chinese military activity as Beijing wrapped up a second day of war games overnight Wednesday, saying it had detected 59 warplanes and 23 navy ships operating around the island.

The People’s Liberation Army has released footage of a coastal strike exercise simulating precision attacks on a mock liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal – a drill devised clearly with Taiwan ’s largest such facility in mind.

Taiwan has long been the most tense flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. By law, the U.S. is required to help Taiwan defend its democracy. This week, China’s People’s Liberation Army launched new drills and sent ships around Taiwan.

Vast new Chinese barges spotted off the country's south coast could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan, defence experts say.

MALACAÑANG on Thursday said the Philippines has no plans to go to war in the event of a Taiwan invasion 'unless they involve us.'

The exercise was “to test the joint combat readiness” of the Command‘s forces and be a “stern warning” against Taiwanese separatism.

The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a warning to China after Beijing announced large-scale war games in the waters and airspace around Taiwan. The joint military drills, which were launched