Harder To Read China's Motives for Drills: Taiwan Defense Minister

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Taiwan's defense minister, Wellington Koo, says its getting harder to tell if any of China's many military drills might actually be a cover for Beijing to launch a surprise attack.

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00:00Taiwan's defense minister says China's increased military activity around the country makes

00:05it harder to spot a potential active war.

00:08Wellington Ku told reporters Wednesday that Taiwan needs to move closer to a war footing,

00:13testing its capacity to respond to a sudden move by China toward conflict.

00:18China conducted a large-scale military exercise after President Lai Ching-teh came into office

00:24known as Joint Sword 2024A.

00:27Taiwan is now trying to predict when a possible second set of drills will take place.

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