EDITORIAL: Realistic threat assessment neededMany countries have expressed concerns over security in the Taiwan Strait, but neither China’s threats nor the government’s warnings seem to affect most Taiwanese. Previous crises, such as in 1976 or 1996, mainly affected Taiwan’s outlying islands, while posing less of a threat to Taiwan proper, he said. Should Taiwan continue to place itself, or be placed, in the center of an international discourse about China’s military actions? Asking these questions does not amount to downplaying China’s military threat to Taiwan. Chang said that finding political explanations behind every Chinese aircraft deployment is not feasible and that the government only publicizes Chinese aircraft movements, while not regularly reporting those of aircraft or vessels of other nations’ militaries.

Source: Taipei Times October 09, 2021 16:07 UTC