How to take Taiwan: China’s state TV shows what a PLA attack could look like

A documentary broadcast on Chinese state television has revealed what an amphibious landing assault on Taiwan might look like, just as the People’s Liberation Army steps up its training for such a maneuver.

The latest episode of documentary series Quenching on Monday night included footage of exercises by PLA ground forces, navy and rocket brigade, as well as a full account of how a landing would be achieved.

 Among the featured operations were a large-scale helicopter air assault by the Ground Force’s aviation unit, an aircraft carrier strike group’s anti-access electronic countermeasures, and a long-range rocket fire covering drill.

The 20-minute programme opened with a soldier expressing a nostalgic longing for a unified country and lamenting that the island of Taiwan and the mainland remain separated.