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Why is China holding military drills encircling Taiwan now?

NPR | By Emily Feng,
Scott Detrow
Published December 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM EST

China wrapped a new round of live-fire military drills that encircled Taiwan, in a warning to what Beijing calls separatists across the Taiwan strait.

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Emily Feng
Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.
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Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
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