19 warships armed to the teeth are already circling... PHOTO/VIDEO

As many as 19 warships surrounded Taiwan in just 24 hours, including the Shandong aircraft carrier group, and official Beijing announced that large-scale military exercises aimed at rehearsing the blockade of the island.

Taiwan responded immediately and sent its own planes and ships. Ground-based missile systems were also ordered to be deployed, and Beijing was accused of being "the world's biggest troublemaker".

The Chinese exercises followed, according to the British newspaper Daily Mail, after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in Japan that the US would provide a "credible deterrent" to China across the Taiwan Strait.

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It is recalled that China insists that Taiwan is part of its territory, which is why Beijing has threatened to use force to bring the island under its control.

China's large-scale military exercises today are nothing new, since Beijing has been increasingly deploying fighter jets and naval ships around Taiwan in recent years, while conducting military exercises.

However, these latest military exercises are the most Chinese warships seen around Taiwan since May last year, when 27 navy ships were reported, according to AFP data.

According to existing videos shared on social media, it appears that Chinese forces are now using satellites to mark targets across Taiwan, which are supposed to be destroyed by a flurry of missile blasts.

Analysts speculated that China was more likely to attempt a blockade of Taiwan than to launch an all-out invasion, which was riskier and would require a large military commitment.

Analysts also estimate that this latest Chinese exercise, held immediately after Hegseth's visit to the region, showed that China is testing the administration of US President Donald Trump.

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By the way, Taiwan is a kind of leader in the production of microchips, which are used in almost all electronic devices, and because of this, it is a potential focus of conflict between China and the United States, which is Taiwan's most important security partner.

Trump said last month that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be "catastrophic," as the island's chip titan TSMC announced a $100 billion investment in the United States.