Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense established an emergency response center and initiated immediate combat readiness exercises in the 29 minutes ending at 2:45 a.m. UTC on December 29, 2025, in response to China's "Just Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan, according to a post by FaytuksNetwork on X. Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang Chair Cheng Li-wun revealed that her party has maintained regular communications with the Chinese Communist Party for over two decades and hopes to visit China to meet Xi Jinping early next year, as stated in a post by jojjeols on X during the reporting window from 2:16 a.m. to 2:45 a.m. UTC. The Ministry of Defense announcement follows Senior Colonel Shi Yi's earlier statement on December 29 via ChinaMilBugle on X detailing the PLA Eastern Theater Command's "Justice Mission 2025" joint drills involving Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force in areas around Taiwan, as reported in prior coverage up to 2:16 a.m. UTC. Cheng Li-wun's comments align with prior Kuomintang engagements with China, amid ongoing tensions heightened by the drills described by Chinese state media as countermeasures to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
