Chinese Army Training Ground Has Full-Scale Model of Taiwan’s Presidential Palace

Satellite photo of a mockup of Taiwan's Presidential Office Building and environs at China's Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base. Planet Labs Inc.

Satellite photo of downtown Taipei, Taiwan, rotated to show similarities to the Zhurihe training ground mockup

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Sputnik: Photos: Chinese Army Training Ground Has Full-Scale Model of Taiwan’s Presidential Palace

At China’s Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers can practice storming Taiwan’s Presidential Office Building, the seat of government for the autonomous island that has long evaded Beijing’s attempts to bring it under communist control.

Soldiers practicing urban warfare in mock towns is nothing new, but at Zhurihe in Inner Mongolia, the PLA has given some of its drill sites a distinctly nationalistic twist, none more so than the rough recreation of downtown Taipei, including the distinct red and white facade of the Presidential Office Building, from which Taiwanese President Tsai Ing Wen runs the autonomous island.

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