Taiwan stayed on high alert on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) after ​China staged massive military drills around the island the previous ‌day, keeping its emergency maritime response centre running, the ​head of the island’s coast guard said. As China ⁠has not announced the conclusion of the military exercises, the emergency response centre remains operational,” she said in a post on Facebook late on Tuesday (December 31). A Taiwan coast guard official told Reuters all ‌11 Chinese coast guard ships had left waters near Taiwan and ‌were continuing to move away. A Taiwan security official said emergency response centres for the military and coast guard ‍stayed active. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out using force to ⁠take it under Chinese control.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2025 10:06 UTC