The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army released photos of missiles fired at Taiwan on August 4.Photo: Retrieved from the Eastern Theater of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
After the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, the CCP launched a large-scale military exercise around the Taiwan Strait. The Japanese Defense Ministry confirmed that five ballistic missiles were launched into Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). In this regard, Katsuji Nakazawa, a senior reporter for Japan’s Nikkei Asia, pointed out that the final decision to launch the missile came from Chinese President Xi Jinping, a move to show that he is different from previous Chinese leaders.
The Communist Army announced on the 4th that it would launch live-fire military exercises in 6 areas around the Taiwan Strait. In the early morning of the same day, it added a seventh exercise area in the eastern sea of Taiwan. In the article, Keji Nakazawa said that this area is closer to Taiwan, but avoids Japan’s exclusive economic zone. , he believes that adding this area is because China understands the seriousness of launching missiles into Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
However, the five missiles launched by the communist army all fell into Japan’s exclusive economic zone, not the 7th exercise zone. The Japanese side believes that this move threatens Taiwan and Japan. Nakazawa Keji said that although there is an option to avoid Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Xi Jinping has no choice. He analyzed that part of Xi Jinping’s motive for showing off force to Japan is to show that he is different from past leaders such as Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. .
According to Japan’s Kyodo News, Xi Jinping did not choose to avoid the plan to avoid Japan’s exclusive economic zone, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also expressed dissatisfaction with the missile falling into Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The report quoted sources as saying that Xi Jinping’s final decision to launch missiles into Japan’s exclusive economic zone was to warn the Japanese authorities not to intervene in the Taiwan Strait issue by strengthening military security cooperation with the United States.
After the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, the CCP launched large-scale military exercises around the Taiwan Strait. The Japanese Defense Ministry confirmed that five ballistic missiles were fired into Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
In this regard, Katsuji Nakazawa, a senior reporter from Nikkei Asia, pointed out that
The final decision to launch the missile came from Chinese President Xi Jinping, a move that was meant to show that he was different from previous Chinese leaders.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army launched five missiles into Japan’s exclusive economic zone in early August, which became the focus of international attention. Photo: Reprinted from the Japanese Ministry of Defense (file photo)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Figure: Retrieved from CCTV (file photo)
