China has been holding back-to-back military drills this week near and around Taiwan, involving dozens of fighter jets, rocket force, navy ships and Coast Guard vessels. While such drills have been used by Beijing as an intimidation tactic in the past, this time it seems to be different in intensity, frequency and declared aims.

Four employees of Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest assembler of iPhones for Apple, have been detained in mainland China under what Taiwan’s government describes as “quite strange” circumstances. This incident has raised concerns about the safety and legal treatment of Taiwanese citizens in China. According to the Taiwanese government as quoted by Reuters, the four […]