‘China, US must get along’: Beijing’s last warning after Trump shows ‘no worries’ on Taiwan drills

China’s military has launched its largest drills yet around Taiwan, dubbed “Justice Mission 2025,” involving live-fire exercises and simulated blockades as a warning against U.S. and Japanese involvement. Taipei has raised alert levels and condemned the exercises as aggressive and destabilising, while Washington downplays the threat despite rising regional tensions. The drills underscore deepening geopolitical strain in the Taiwan Strait amid record U.S. arms sales and heightened cross-strait rhetoric.