Report Says Chinese President Xi Ordered The Military To Turn Up The Heat On Taiwan

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks through the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Aug. 17, 2017. (Dominique Pineiro/U.S. Navy)  

Stars and Stripes: Chinese president orders military to turn up the heat on Taiwan, report says  

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered his military to pump up pressure on the southwestern region of Taiwan, according to sources quoted by a Japanese news agency this week. 

The order was issued at a recent meeting of China’s top military body, the Central Military Commission, after three aircraft carriers from the United States and United Kingdom participated in weekend drills near Taiwan, Kyodo News reported Tuesday. 

Nearly 150 Chinese warplanes buzzed through Taiwan’s air defense zone between Friday and Monday, the island’s Ministry of National Defense said in a series of press statements this week.  

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WNU Editor: Of course President Xi had to sign-off on all of these military operations. He is after-all the Supreme Leader.

The Kyodo post that broke this story is here .... China's Xi instructs army to increase military pressure near Taiwan (Kyodo).