I would say the West has been doing this for the last 200 years. The U.S learned from the British, and the British ruled half of the world back then.
Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis
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If that's their dumb ROE then PRC really ought to sail the Liaoning CSG right outside Kaohsiung.
Edit: Better yet, sail both the Liaoning and Shandong CSG right through the Taiwan Strait.
Would be consistent with Tsai's political modus. Elevate Taiwan as a victim to draw global sympathies in order to maximize international pressure for an intervention. But who knows if that's just silly gossip.
that was an example of effective propaganda.
1. shorter. shows confidence in its self righteousness. it is weak to write a long screed as a response.
2. factual. nothing there can be proven false.
3. attitude. edgy with plausible deniability.
and if you look at the comments, who really won the information war? anyone defending Mitch?
now the room for improvement is huge. There's only 1 Chen Weihua, and overusing his style is ineffective, particularly in actual diplomatic settings. But it shows that Chinese government is at least experimenting with new models of public outreach that don't rely on the very obsolete Deng model or the spin/wording only based one, and some are demonstrating success.
Seems like a sensible strategy to me. In fact, it is the only one available.
Well either way, the PLA isn't going to fire on anything. They may conduct maneuvers to dare Taiwan to fire at the PLA, but their goal with this exercise is to show how much they can do to dismantle Taiwan's ability to resist even without attacking anything directly.
If the rumor is true Taiwanese assets will stay clear of the exercise zones.
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I think it's intentional misdirection.
By implying that Pelosi's plane might be shot down, an effective albeit temporary blockade of Taiwan seems reasonable in comparison.
What's more, by implying a shoot down, it forces the US to deploy assets to guard against that eventuality, such that when you announce a blockade instead, they are caught off guard and don't have a response ready.
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