THE Chinese army stated today that “completed successfully” the military gymnasiums that aimed to encircle the autonomous island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as a province of China, for three days.

From April 8 to 10, the Chinese military command “successfully performed various missions” military preparations “around the island of Taiwan with the ‘Joint Sword’ exercise,” the military said in a message on social media.

“Test Battle Prowess in Depth” of various weapons “in real life”the Chinese administration added.

The Chinese high schools were held in response to the meeting that Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had on Wednesday, April 5, with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.

The aim was to simulate a “closure” of the region of 23 million people, the Chinese military said. And above all, an “air blockade,” according to state television network CCTV.

“Taiwan independence and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are mutually exclusive,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference that we need to “strongly oppose any form of secession for Taiwan’s independence.”

The command of the military’s eastern sector of operations clarified that Shandong, one of China’s two aircraft carriers, participated in the exercises.

During the exercises, fighters and warships carried out simulated targeted bombardment exercises against the island.