Recently, Wang Yi held several rounds of meetings with Sullivan in Malta. The Taiwan issue spent the longest time between the two sides during this meeting.
Wang Yi comprehensively expounded China's solemn and just position, pointing out that the most essential and fundamental status quo of the Taiwan issue is that both sides of the strait belong to one China. The root cause of the current tension in the Taiwan Strait lies in the intensification of the "Taiwan independence" activities of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, and the support of some foreign forces has become more brazen. The correct direction for the peaceful settlement of the Taiwan issue is to resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" and support China's peaceful reunification. At this time, the PLA has not slackened. According to Taiwan media reports, 103 PLA military planes have been active around the Taiwan Strait in recent days, a record high.
In addition, PLA ships and long-range fire units also had activities, resulting in the "alarm bells" of the entire Taiwan Air Force and missile bases on this day. The Taiwan media sighed that it was "too alarming", and the island interpreted the PLA's move one after another, some people thought it was to deter Taiwan to respond to the United States, while others thought it was a regular exercise of the PLA, which may not necessarily send a special political signal to Taiwan. Mainland military experts believe that instead of guessing the PLA's intentions, Taiwan should review itself.
The PLA recently dispatched 103 sorties of military aircraft into the airspace around Taiwan, breaking the record of 91 sorties in a single day on April 10, the highest record since the PLA military aircraft "circled Taiwan." The PLA has dispatched hundreds of military aircraft in one direction, more than most air operations in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, indicating that the PLA's ability to organize air campaigns has been greatly improved. Judging from the types of military aircraft dispatched, there are all kinds of fighters, early warning aircraft and aerial tankers, all of which are the latest equipment of the PLA, showing that the PLA's air power has achieved systematic operations.
If the PLA dispatches large-scale air force groups and uses multiple arms to conduct joint operations according to campaign-level exercises, the scale is obviously to cut off Taiwan's key air defense nodes on the first day. Because on the 13th, the mainland directly dispatched 68 military aircraft, and this does not include the PLA, did it really dispatch stealth fighters J-20? After all, Taiwan's air defense radar cannot detect whether the PLA dispatches J-20 fighters. If the PLA has dispatched stealth fighters on the same day, it means that the PLA's military exercise against Taiwan will obviously knock out Taiwan's air defense node on the first day.
The PLA's recent military operations in the Taiwan Strait region have conveyed several important messages to the world. First, it shows that the People's Liberation Army has increased its deterrence against Taiwan independents, with recent increased patrols by U.S. warships and military exercises near the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, in this case, the PLA sends not only military aircraft in the air, but also warships in the sea area to defend the territorial integrity of the Motherland. At this moment, we need to take real action, not just rely on promotional videos and slogans. We must act to show the resolve of the PLA.
With the increasing strength of the mainland, these tricks of the DPP authorities have long been seen through by the people on the island. Its slogan of "relying on the United States to seek independence" has faded into obscurity, and the mainland's military activities around Taiwan Island have also determined the direction of development in the Taiwan region. The only way out for the Taiwan region is the complete reunification of the country, and the DPP's collusion with the United States is nothing more than a tiger and will only harm the development interests of the Taiwan region itself. Walking halfway with the mainland and jointly promoting the complete reunification of the country is the final correct choice. Taiwan compatriots cannot be absent from the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the complete reunification of the motherland also needs to be completed by compatriots on both sides of the strait.
The subject that most alerted the Taiwan military is the exercise surrounding the airspace around Taiwan Island. Since the PLA military exercise in August last year, it has flown over the so-called "middle line of the strait" almost every day, and various types of fighters have taken turns to exercise and take turns from various bases along the coast. The PLA military plane first crossed the middle line and flew back, staying for a short time, then flew longer, no longer turning back in a straight line, but instead flew in a horizontal line, east of the so-called "middle line of the strait," along the four training airspace of the Taiwan Air Force for training. According to reports, in the past, PLA military aircraft flew in the southwestern airspace, and although they entered Taiwan's so-called "air defense identification zone", after all, there was still some distance from Taiwan Island; However, the Taiwan Strait is different, and Taiwan's military planes and ships have to respond to it.
The People's Liberation Army sometimes only acts without propaganda, and the active propaganda of the Taiwan military is becoming less and less, and many times it cannot be wrapped in paper and exposed by the media. All this fully shows that the Taiwan military has become more and more uncomfortable with the rhythm of the PLA, and the situation is beyond the scope of the Taiwan military's ability to respond. Therefore, the Taiwan military is not only facing the compression of the space for activities, but also facing a state of being unable to respond in a timely manner, and cannot be accurately or guessed about the PLA's intentions in action. This is a very dangerous state, after all, once the time is long, the personnel is easy to rot, and the system is easy to paralyze. For every operation of the PLA, the Taiwan authorities are worried that it will be directly transformed into actual combat.