Taiwan Strait 2025: Continuous PLA Presence Points to Readiness Cycles Over Reactive Signalling
ASPI’s 2025 coercion-tracking data suggests China’s military activity around Taiwan is near-continuous and increasingly shaped by internal readiness cycles, holidays and weather rather than external political triggers. The source argues that many apparent ‘signals’ function as opportunistic justifications for planned operations, indicating systematic preparation on Beijing’s timetable.