The situation of the Taiwan Strait has continued to be tight. The United States increased the military sales against Taiwan, and the Taiwan defense budget increased accordingly.
The US Department of Defense on Wednesday (August 23) announced a new round of 500 million US dollars (about S $ 680 million) to Taiwan for sales, including infrared tracking and searching system (IRST) to improve the detection of "hidden fighters"J -20's ability.This is the 11th time of the Bayeng government in the United States. It is also a shot to "maintain a reliable defense ability" to help Taiwan "maintain a reliable defense capabilities on July 28.
The next day, the Taiwan Executive Yuan announced on Thursday (24th) that the national defense budget will be a new high next year, reaching NT $ 606.8 billion (about S $ 25.9 billion), and will account for 2.5%of GDP (GDP).Reuters reports that this includes NT $ 94.3 billion (approximately S $ 4 billion) of additional funds to buy weapons next year.The Tsai Ing -wen government has been in power in eight years, and Taiwan's defense budget has surged by 38%.
The Mainland Military Army responded immediately; the Taiwan National Defense Ministry of Defense announced on Friday (25th) that 22 sub -military aircraft were seized from 7 am on the same day, of which 13 were entered the Taiwan response zone;Execute the "Joint Warup Police Patrol".
According to Major General Sun Langfang, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan, the official definition of the "response zone" is the threat of the enemy's situation, combined with the Taiwan naval and air force's usual combat reserve for investigation, which is conducive to the use of fire support areas;Beginning west of the Taiwan Strait, neighboring areas greater than 24 nauticals and leading and territorial sea within 12 nautical miles.However, this time the main military and warships did not enter the airspace or the sea.
Except for the busy area, the sea and the midline of the Taiwan Strait are not idle.
According to the sailing warning published by the Fuzhou Maritime Bureau of the mainland on Wednesday, from 7 am from 7 am to 8 pm on Thursday and Friday, the PLA conducted real bomb shooting exercises in the waters of Xinghua Bay, Fujian Putian, Fujian 200 kilometers away from Hsinchu.
The Taiwan National Defense Ministry also released "Instant Military Dynamics" at 9 am on Friday, revealing that within 24 hours before 6 am that day, a totalIn the northern and southeast airspace, five other warships continued to appear in the Taiwan Strait.
In the past three years, the interaction between Taiwan and the United States has been heating up. The mainland officials have always condemned strictly and sent military planes and warships to approach pressure, which has become the daily life of Taiwanese people.Many experts analyzed that the most afraid of forming a warm water boiled frog effect, making Taiwanese feel numb and vigilant, and also made the Taiwanese troops tired of weakening their reactions.
The Eastern theater of the PLA announced on August 19 that the sea and air joint warning and joint training were organized on the same day, and claimed that it was necessary, S three, long -term stages of closerness, shaping the potential of omnidirectional islands. "
A spokesman for the Eastern theater has stated that the military exercise is a serious warning of the provocation of the split forces of Taiwan independence and external forces. Therefore, it is clear that the vice president of Taiwan's Vice President Lai Qingde visited the United States.Professor Ma Zhenkun, an expert in the Taiwan Liberation Army, interpreted that the military exercise has ended within a day, mainly because Lai Qingde maintains low -key restraint. At the same time, the CCP is under pressure internally and outside. In the face of the tight situation of the Taiwan Strait, avoiding the triggering war of the war.
Therefore, the recent military movements of mainland China are no longer just aimed at Lai Qingde's transit to visit the United States. It can expand its understanding as a continuous protest against the United States' military sales and warnings to Taiwan's increase in military reserve.
In fact, the United States Biden's government sale 11 times against Taiwan, and the mainland protested and called for cancellation at every time, but the United States has never done it and Taiwan has never refused.
"Military Sales" is the political correctness of transcending the party in the United States.Although there are rumors this time, it is rumored that the US government considers the cancellation of the F-16V fighter order for Taiwan last year.Police for self -defense forces.
A spokesman for the State Council also said that the past eight -year -old US government has always fulfilled this policy, which has helped maintain peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.
Investigating the history, eight US presidents from Carter to Biden, at least 116 times for Taiwan military sales, ranging from 2.5 million US dollars to $ 8 billion.Carter broke the United States and Taiwan in 1979 when he was president of the United States. Since then, the United States has replaced the Sino -US joint defense treaty with the Taiwan Relations Law as a legal basis for providing defense weapons to Taiwan.
The question is, can strengthen military backup and national defense, can it really protect the Taiwan?
Many experts have been alert. Recently, the mainland has recently faced the western tightening siege and the internal economic and social problems.The party candidate Lai Qingde wins, and it is not ruled out that Beijing will give up hope for peace and unity, determined to "strengthen the struggle", and consider the recent martial arts against Taiwan to transfer internal pressure.
To maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait, of course, it includes the expansion of national defense and adherence to autonomy; however, the Taiwan ruling party must also adhere to the "One Central Constitution" and provide Taiwan's unique guarantees in exchange for Beijing's official response.
The cross -strait politics and historical issues are inextricably linked. The lack of dialogue and the strategy of preparing for both hands should be indispensable. It should strive for more time and space for each other.There has been no solution political contradiction.
