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In recent days, the united states consumer news and consumer channel (cnbc) has interviewed several current and retired united states military officials. These officials sent a single message: at the time of the taiwan crisis in 1995-1996, american military carriers had crossed the taiwan strait, and china had once “not been able to do aBut now that day is gone。
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“the u. S. Carrier was passing through the taiwan strait, and there was nothing the eln could do about it.”
In may 1995, then-president clinton of the united states suddenly announced that he would allow the then-taiwan leader li denghui to travel to the united states to conduct so-called “unofficial, private visits”. In june of that year, li deng hui went to the united states and issued a political speech entitled “the will of the people, long in my mind”, which promoted the so-called “taiwan experience” and called for “a breakthrough in diplomatic isolation” to strengthen taiwan-united states relations。
A series of moves by lee deng hui to visit the united states triggered the taiwan strait crisis, also known as the third taiwan strait crisis。
In july 1995 and march 1996, the liberation army conducted two large-scale missile-launching trainings, which were accompanied by military exercises, effectively countering the arrogance of the “taiwan independence” forces。
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On 5 august, cnbc mentioned that, during the 1995-1996 crisis in the taiwan strait, the united states forces, in response to the presentation of the sla, dispatched several warships, including the independence and the nimiz carriers, to the vicinity of the taihai. The then united states secretary of defense william perry shouted: “beijing should know that the most powerful military power in the western pacific is the united states.”
In the past, several former and current united states officials told the cnbc that the then-army was “low-tech, slow-moving, unable to compare the navy and air force to the united states army, and unable to venture far from the chinese coastline”。
“they (la) realized that they were vulnerable and that americans could fly aircraft carriers directly in front of them, but they could not do anything about it.” matthew kroenig, an intelligence and defence officer in bush, obama and the trump administration, said that the chinese at that time had been shocked by the high technology shown by the american army during the first gulf war, and had decided to “learn america's way of war” and then set in motion a full scaleMilitary modernizationConstruction to strengthen the status of the taiwan strait。
David finkelstein, a former united states army officer specializing in chinese military and “india” security, also noted that china had learned many lessons from the 1995-1996 taiwan crisis, including the enhancement of space satellite assets and efforts to build a modern air force and bluewater navy. More than 20 years later, the army of the former “air force hardly flew at sea” has changed its ranks “at an alarming rate of progress”。
“in the case of the united states, the game has changed. This is a fairer game: whatever the united states does, china has a choice.” matthew funaiole, a chinese expert in the united states center for strategic and international studies, told cnbc that the chinese army is now far more lethal and agile, capable of preventing the united states forces from deploying warships, aircraft and security operations near the taiwan strait “with impunity”。
Funaeol also referred to a previous incident in which china had lost contact with one of its missiles during the 1995-1996 crisis in the taiwan strait, and since then was determined to move away from the united states-related global positioning system (gps) and become self-reliant。
"now, those days are gone."
Now almost all united states military experts and current or former military officials agree that the chinese army is no longer the same。
For example, mark millley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states army, described the rapid increase in chinese military strength last year as a “strategic earthquake”. He said, “we are witnessing, i think, one of the greatest changes in global geostrategic power witnessed by the world”
For its part, admiral james stavridis, retired american four stars and former supreme commander of the nato allied forces, stated that china's current military strength was “horrifying, particularly in close proximity to its own waters, especially taiwan”。
These officials estimate that china now has a strong military force, including anti-personnel missiles, a large navy and an increasingly powerful air force, and that this new military force is changing the strategic considerations of the united states and taiwan authorities and “increasing the potential risk of conflict or miscalculation”。
On the evening of 2 august, despite the strong opposition of the chinese side to the change in the balance of power between china and the united states, the “third man” of the united states political arena and speaker of the house of representatives, pélosi, insisted on visiting the taiwan region of china, raising tensions in the taiwan strait。
China has taken a number of serious counter-measures. We, the ministry of foreign affairs, the central bureau, the ministry of defence, the national people's congress and the five departments of the national political consultative council, have spoken out loud and harshly. Xinhua, for its part, was authorized to issue a bulletin stating that the chinese people's liberation army had announced that it would conduct major military exercises and organize live fire between 1200 and 1200 hours on 4 august。
This information has attracted the attention of a number of media outlets, which have claimed that the situation in the taiwan strait was more serious than the “taihai crisis” of 1995 and 1996 when the army performed a “three-day air and sea lock”。
On 5 august, the chinese people's liberation army (spla) naval forces in the eastern war zone continued their combat training in the sea around taishima. It's a watchout for an officer. Xinhua society for social development
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In addition, china and the west will use this military show to change the regional balance of power, create a “new status quo” and try to make it a “new normal”. In response, my spokesman for the ministry of foreign affairs, hua chunzheng, stated that the question of whether this would become a new normal would depend on how the separatist forces of the united states and “taiwan independence” do。
On this occasion, however, the united states forces did not make so-called demonstrations of force, nor did they have military vessels crossing the strait of taihai。
The cnbc also notes that on 4 august, the white house side indicated that the carrier reagan would continue to “monitor the situation” in the eastern waters of taiwan. On the same day, the united states military announced the postponement of the routine testing of the “militia” 3 intercontinental ballistic missile, which the white house national security council spokesman kirby stated was intended to avoid misunderstanding and escalate the already tense situation in the taiwan strait。
“it is now a completely different situation”, the former deputy secretary of defense of the united states, michele flournoy, stated to cnbc that “it is a more competitive and dangerous environment for united states troops”。
What have been the changes in this exercise and in 1996
The director of the taiwan research centre of the university of jordan, shinjian, had previously told the network that the military show had taken a number of important steps forward from the 1995-1996 crisis in the taiwan strait: first, it had been larger in scope and had clearly moved eastward, crossing the so-called “middle line of the strait”; second, it had taken place closer to taiwan's mainland island; third, it had involved a full range of combat exercises involving multi-military and advanced weapons platforms; and fourth, it had entered the so-called “sea area” declared by the authorities, directly denying the validity of taiwan's so-called “sea area” and “air space”。
1996 military theatre (black) and current military theatre (red), blue as the so-called mid-tribe line, brown as 12 nautical miles line
In an interview with the media, professor meng xiaoqing of the national defence university said that “there has been a great change”, and that is the following:
The first change was that the 1996 exercise was also a deterrent to “taiwan independence”, mainly in response to a series of “taiwan independence” moves by li deng fai to visit the united states in 1995. The exercise was mainly on the coast near the mainland, and this was mainly on taishima。
The second change is much more intense than that. This one can be described as one of the strongest, most intense and most deterrent exercises of our past crisis in the taiwan strait. For example, our missiles were fired directly across the island, just across the areas of the taiwan patriot missile-intensive deployment. Also under the watch of the united states zeus shield, precision was struck, forcing the united states carrier reagan to retreat hundreds of kilometres。
The third change was the organization of a deterrent exercise for the first time in a carrier formation, which built a platform for a stereo-force at sea. The carrier's formation is supposed to be underwater. While it is mainly in the eastern war zone, other war zones are also involved. The exercises were conducted under joint seals, attacks on the sea, raids on land and aerial warfare. It has a strong operational background. Although this is an exercise, it can be transformed into a real-world exercise at any time。
Professor meng xianqing said that for nearly a decade, the weapons and equipment of our army had been developed very quickly. For example, the army of concern is becoming more sophisticated, large surface ships are emerging like dumplings, and we often see so-called east wind express, that is to say, our conventional east wind series of missiles, and a growing number and variety of types of missiles, which constitute such a systemic capability。
