China launches biggest military encirclement of Taiwan in 8 months with live-fire drills, rockets and warships in massive 'Justice Mission 2025' exercise.

The exercises, named “Justice Mission 2025,” saw China fire dozens of rockets toward Taiwan and deploy a large number of warships and aircraft near the island.

The drills were on a larger scale than previous ones and featured the use of rocket systems that could give mainland Chinese forces an edge.

Chinese forces fired more than two dozen rockets and rehearsed port seizures on the second day of ongoing blockade drills around Taiwan. The “Justice Mission” exercise, a joint service People’s Liberation Army (PLA) drill meant to demonstrate Beijing’s ability to blockade Taiwan and defeat foreign forces coming to Taipei’s aid,

The Chinese military says it dispatched air, navy and missile units for a second day to conduct joint live-fire drills around Taiwan to warn against what it calls separatist and “external interference” forces.

The sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and organizations from dealing with them, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

The second day of the large-scale war games, called “Justice Mission 2025,” saw the Chinese military encircle Taiwan on Tuesday.

Zhang rejected those criticisms, reiterating that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and that the Taiwan question is purely an internal matter that allows no foreign interference. He said the PLA's actions around the island were "completely legitimate, necessary and beyond reproach."

Beijing has imposed sanctions against 20 US defence firms and their executives in response to Washington’s massive arms sale package to Taiwan last week. The sales, if approved by the US Congress, would mark the largest-ever US weapons package to Taiwan,