How Beijing could use its military and trade to hit back at Tokyo-Manila ties

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Chinese experts suggest Beijing may respond to Tokyo-Manila defense cooperation by using military operations, electronic warfare, and trade sanctions. The tensions revolve around maritime boundary negotiations near Taiwan, which Beijing opposes.

Beijing could conduct military operations, bolster its electronic warfare strength and roll out trade sanctions in response to Tokyo and Manila’s deepening defence cooperation, according to Chinese experts. Last week, Manila and Tokyo announced they would launch negotiations on the maritime boundary of their exclusive economic zones and continental shelves around Taiwan, a move that Beijing called “completely illegal and invalid”. In a report on Wednesday, the Beijing Lande Information...