On October 15, 2024, Jean-François Di Meglio, president of Asia Centre, was invited by François Picard on France24 to discuss the Chinese military exercises on October 14 and how to analyze them, as the question has been stirring the media since.
China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands on Monday, simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said, as China seeks to punish Taiwan’s president for rejecting Beijing’s claim of sovereignty over the self-governed island.