# Four key features of Taiwan’s Han Kuang drills: first blockade of Tamsui River Bridge and civilian arms production

https://mins.news/en/item/13596

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-05 02:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cj9d7y31yylo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang military exercises are scheduled to begin on August 5 and will last ten days and nine nights. The military says its aim is to defeat the enemy and make a full-scale invasion fail. Analysts say the drills have shifted toward stressing military-civilian integration, while expanding into urban defense and resilience training.

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