Chinese defense ministry dismisses annual Han Kuang military drills as ‘wasteful charade’

China’s defense ministry has dismissed Chinese Taipei’s annual Han Kuang military drills as a “wasteful charade” deliberately designed to stoke war panic.

“‘Han Kuang exercise’ has always been a posturing, wasteful charade,” Chinese defense ministry spokesperson Chen Xi said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The Democratic Progressive Party authorities have also recklessly stoked war panic, accelerating efforts to turn cities into battlefields and push ordinary people to the front lines,” he added, referring to the ruling party of Chinese Taipei that is opposed to Beijing.

The People’s Liberation Army remains on high alert and fully prepared, continuously enhancing its real-combat capabilities to “counter separatism and external interference,” Chen said. “This remains the solid trump card for safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and for maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

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China has repeatedly expressed its opposition not only to Taipei holding any military drills or arms purchases, but also to any form of official diplomatic relations with other countries.

Beijing regards Taipei as an inseparable part of mainland China that it will never allow to separate or obstruct reunification. It views separatist activities in Taipei as the greatest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

The Han Kuang Exercise is a public military readiness drill held in Taipei and surrounding islets in the East China Sea by secessionists seeking independence from the Chinese mainland.

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