TY - BOOK AU - NOUWENS Veerle TI - China flexes maritime muscle to warn Taiwan and regional rivals PY - 2018/// KW - CHINA KW - POLITICS KW - TAIWAN KW - SOUTH CHINA SEA KW - MARITIME N2 - Beijing's displeasure over the current Taiwanese government's refusal to formally recognise the so-called '1992 consensus' on the One China Policy, has been increasingly noticeable in official statements by President Xi Jinping. China's live-fire naval exercises in the Taiwan Strait, held alongside its Naval Parade in the South China Sea, served as a direct warning to Taiwan and follows a steady increase in military exercises around the island ER -