news

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

taiwan military’s internal documents have been exposed, and many unexpected discoveries have been made on the island. does this mean that resolving the taiwan strait issue is not the pla’s primary goal?

a few days ago, a report from the taiwan military was made public. its content counted the pla’s activities in the western pacific last year and related information. the report showed that in 2023, the pla’s various types of military aircraft dispatched a total of 9,200 sorties in the western pacific, with a total flight time of 29,000 hours.

(shandong ship's western pacific military exercise)

as for warships, there were 70,000 times, and the sailing time at sea exceeded 1.7 million hours. the taiwan military also classified the pla's maritime operations in the report, of which 40% were in the south china sea, 20% in the east china sea, and only about 15% in the waters around the taiwan strait.

the exposure of the report has also attracted attention both inside and outside the island. one of the key points of concern is that the intensity of the chinese navy's activities in the taiwan strait is surprisingly lower than in the south china sea and the east china sea. given that the taiwan strait issue has always been the focus of mainland china, some people have pointed out that isn't the taiwan strait the pla's primary target of attention?