從竄訪到包圍台灣 台灣危機 (2022年8月3日周三中午讀紐約時報)：從 Speaker Nancy Pelosi訪台 (中共稱之為竄訪)到中國"軍演"包圍台灣 https://www.facebook.com/hanchi

 

台灣危機 (2022年8月3日周三中午讀紐約時報)：從 Speaker Nancy Pelosi訪台 (中共稱之為竄訪)到中國"軍演"包圍台灣

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從竄訪到包圍台灣  a sneaky or illicit encounter, not an aboveboard meeting. Chinese military drills circling Taiwan set up a potential standoff.

The Chinese word used in the official statements for “visit” — cuanfang — connotes a sneaky or illicit encounter, not an aboveboard meeting.

竄訪

偷偷摸摸的或非法的相遇，而不是光明正大的會議。

Chinese military drills circling Taiwan set up a potential standoff.

Although much attention has been on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the real potential for a military showdown comes now that she has left.

China’s military has said it will conduct a series of live-fire drills beginning on Thursday. A post on Chinese state media offered coordinates for six swaths of sea surrounding Taiwan, three of which overlap with areas that Taiwan says are a part of its territorial waters.

Where China Plans Military Drills

Some of the areas are inside what Taiwan says are its territorial waters, and they are closer to Taiwan than similar areas announced during the Taiwan Strait crisis in the mid-1990s.

1995-96

exercise areas

CHINA

Fuzhou

MATSU

ISLANDS

2022 exercise areas

Taipei

Xiamen

KINMEN

ISLANDS

Taketomi

TAIWAN

Kaohsiung

SOUTH

CHINA SEA

Taiwan territorial waters

Taiwan marine border

Exercises will be held in areas less than 10 miles from the Taiwanese coast.

PACIFIC

OCEAN

Batanes

50 miles

Note: Maps showing the 2022 exercise areas were published by Chinese state media on Aug. 2. Coordinates describing these areas published separately by Beijing have several discrepancies with the maps; the mapped area is shown.

Sources: Xinhua; 1995-96 military exercise areas from Australian National University; Maritime boundaries show Taiwan territorial claims, from Flanders Marine Institute (2019).

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