In the U.S. view, the greatest menace in China’s wide-ranging military exercises is to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own and has threatened to seize by force. Adm. Samuel J.

The largest-ever war fighting drills in Australia is underway and expected to attract China's attention. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a joint exercise between the U.S. and Australia.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, about how Beijing will view Taiwan's large-scale military drills.

"The Chinese military have observed these exercises since 2017 and it would be very unusual if they didn't do that this time, ...