China’s official Xinhua News Agency issued a three-day announcement on the “live-fire exercise” yesterday, and announced a total of 6 military exercise locations, the scope of which is greater than the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis.Photo: Wang Hao Facebook
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew to Taiwan on the evening of the 2nd during her Asia tour. China, which had originally shouted “the PLA will fly with you” and “wait and see”, did nothing until Pelosi arrived in Taiwan. Immediately, a “live-fire exercise” announcement was issued to conduct military exercises in the waters of six areas around Taiwan, three of which spanned the territorial waters (12 nautical miles/22.24 kilometers). Political and economic commentator Wang Hao pointed out that this is China’s most provocative in the past few decades. The move is in line with what the United Nations defines as “state aggression”.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency issued a three-day announcement on the “live-fire exercise” yesterday, and announced a total of 6 military exercise locations. Kaohsiung Port is regarding 20 kilometers away. The two military exercise areas in the north and northeast are only 22 kilometers and 18 kilometers away from Fuguijiao and Saniaojiao. In the Air Defense Identification Zone, there are also areas in the eastern sea, and the possibility of missiles flying over Taiwan cannot be ruled out.
Wang Hao believes that the scope of the military exercise announced by the CCP this time is larger than the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1996, and part of the violation of Taiwan’s territorial waters.
Wang Hao pointed out that each area designated by China is currently the busiest international shipping lane on earth. China’s military exercise here is like running once morest all neighboring countries, including China’s own economy and prosperity. This means that China not only tries to treat the Taiwan Strait as an inland sea, but also treats the Indo-Pacific region west of the first island chain as an inland sea.
