{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/687e61befd9acfeba433f9e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"War with China: Inside Taiwan's biggest ever drills","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/1753112907795-9d7286bc-b494-4490-a064-dea33464b48f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Amid growing speculation around China’s invasion of Taiwan, the island nation has held its largest ever military exercises.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Fresh from reporting on live fire drills off the Taiwanese coast, The Telegraph’s Asia correspondent Allegra Mendelson shares the latest on Indo-Pacific tensions with Roland Oliphant.</p><p><br></p><p>Also, Roland speaks to Neal Urwitz, close friend of the US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy - Elbridge A. Colby - to discuss the latter’s push to dramatically refocus America’s military might purely on Taiwan.</p><p><br></p><p>Read Allegra's dispatch here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/14/taiwan-forgotten-front-line-defensive-drills-may-not-matter/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/14/taiwan-forgotten-front-line-defensive-drills-may-not-matter/</a></p><p><br></p><p>https://linktr.ee/BattleLines</p><p><br></p><p>Contact us with feedback or ideas:</p><p><br></p><p>battlelines@telegraph.co.uk&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>@venetiarainey</p><p><br></p><p>@RolandOliphant</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Read Allegra's dispatch here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/14/taiwan-forgotten-front-line-defensive-drills-may-not-matter/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/14/taiwan-forgotten-front-line-defensive-drills-may-not-matter/</a></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}