China's military has begun rehearsing the encirclement of Taiwan during three days of military drills.
Beijing - which views Taiwan as a breakaway province of China - called the operation a "stern warning" to the island's government.
The exercises began hours after President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States.
The Taiwanese Defence Ministry said 42 Chinese military planes and eight ships crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.
The line is an unofficial dividing line between Chinese and Taiwanese territory.
Chinese state media said the military drills would "simultaneously organise patrols and advances around Taiwan island, shaping an all-round encirclement and deterrence posture".
It added that "long-range rocket artillery, naval destroyers, missile boats, air force fighters, bombers, jammers and refuellers" had all been deployed by China's military.
"澳大利亞國立大學的政治學者宋文笛則指出，在這個時機點上，法國總統馬克龍（Emmanuel Macron）和歐盟委員會主席馮德萊恩（Ursula von der Leyen）也都正在訪問北京，中國現在若做出任何侵略性的舉動，都會對其與歐洲的關係產生影響。" -- 哦，原來馬克龍是被美國派去牽製中國的哈。
西岸-影 發表評論於 2023-04-08 08:48:18
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其次，台灣媒體有一種說法，認為蔡英文這個南美出訪才是真正的路過，重頭戲是去美國見麥卡錫，這樣就可以避免麥卡錫去台灣，畢竟佩洛西的訪台讓美國損失太大，至今也無法讓中國取消八項製裁，包括布林肯都難以得到訪問中國的批準。但同時也算是不讓麥卡錫丟臉，但目的是不刺激中國，這是拜登政府的算計。
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其實這整個事情，包括蔡英文出訪南美，就是滿足麥卡錫個人麵子，同時不希望刺激中國。蔡英文在美國獲得民主獎，授獎會場甚至鎖門不許媒體進去，被認為是刻意的，盡可能降低國際曝光率。