Taiwan’s Youth Daily News shared a photo on January 27, 2026, showing the commemorative patch issued to members of the Republic of China Army's (ROCA) 602nd Aviation Brigade for this year's Lunar New Year exercises, according to TaiwanMonitor's X post at an unspecified time during the 1-hour-30-minute reporting window from 7:45:42 PM to 9:15:44 PM UTC. The patch commemorates the brigade's participation in the annual Lunar New Year training activities, as reported directly from the Taiwanese state-affiliated Youth Daily News via the monitored TaiwanMonitor source. No additional details on the exercises' scope, location, or equipment were provided in the post. This disclosure follows unverified social media reports earlier on January 27 of alleged Chinese PLA deployments around Beijing's Forbidden City, which Chinese state media debunked, and Western concerns over the purge of Chinese General Liu Zhenli, as noted in prior reporting periods, though no direct connection to the Taiwanese exercise was stated in new sources.
