NEW: Taiwanese LY Speaker Han Kuo-yu led a multipartisan Taiwanese delegation to the United States, to meet with bipartisan groups of US Congresspeople. This visit was likely a way for Han to stabilize US-Taiwan relations and present a united Taiwanese front to the United States amid Taiwanese partisan disputes and delays to a US arms sale package to Taiwan.
Other Key Takeaways:
Taiwan conducted a tabletop exercise on June 25 to simulate its response to a PRC maritime “quarantine,” based on PRC coercive maritime activity around Taiwan. The William Lai Ching-te administration has taken concrete steps to prepare government and military bodies to respond to PRC maritime coercion.
CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping purged six PLA officers and nine other NPC delegates from across the PLA system, indicating that anti-corruption campaign may be widening beyond its previous areas of focus. The PLA ran an ideological camp from April 8 to June 12 that was personally launched by Xi, indicating that Xi may believe further ideological work must be completed within the PLA.
