China calls U.S. claims of military pressure on Taiwan a ‘distortion’

The United States claims about China exerting ‌military pressure on Taiwan are distorted, and demonstrate its “malicious intentions”, ​a government spokesperson in Beijing said on Wednesday (April 15, 2026).

China has stepped up ⁠military activity around democratically governed Taiwan, which it views as its own territory, holding several rounds of war games, most recently with live-fire drills in late December.

“Certain people on ‌the U.S. side are jumping up and down, continuously rehashing the so-called ‘mainland threat’ or ‘military pressure,’” Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for ‌China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, told reporters.