Little more than one or two days now pass between announcements of new provocations or new coercive measures between the United States and China. Barely had the American Secretary of Health, Alex Azar, left Taipei after his visit when the Chinese authorities launched a series of exercises and maneuvers to once again increase the pressure on Taiwan and the American ally. The American-Taiwanese response was not long in coming either.
The day after the visit of the American official to assure the Taiwan authorities of Washington's support, Beijing launched a large-scale exercise bringing together numerous naval, amphibious and air assets in the Taiwan pass, forcing Defense Taiwanese air force to intervene. The exercise, which notably included live firing phases, also had a very specific wording in the Chinese media, since it was presented as “an anti-secessionist exercise”, in order to remind us that, for Beijing, the Republic of China, on the island of Taiwan, is none other than a secessionist movement intended to reintegrate the People's Republic of China.
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