Taiwan's "defense department" issued an English-language text message in the past two days saying that the mainland's "missile" flew over the island, but immediately apologized afterwards, saying that they had used the wrong word and caused a false alarm on the island. However, just as the Taiwan authorities have not yet recovered from this, the second round of the mainland's countermeasures against the Taiwan region is indeed coming.
The election on the island is now less than four days away, and the cross-strait issue is still a hot topic in the current election. Recently, aircraft of the Continental Army have not only been active in the vicinity of the Taiwan Strait on many occasions, but Taiwan's "defense department" has also monitored "sounding balloons" from the mainland on many occasions.
Because *** has been spreading rumors about the mainland's "interference" in Taiwan's election, at the last moment of the election, the mainland's every move has attracted the attention of the island. It is reported that in the past two days, the mainland has successfully launched the "Einstein" probe satellite using the Long March-2C carrier rocket at the Xichang launch center in Sichuan.
The flight path of the rocket carrying the satellite passed through the airspace southwest of Taiwan, and then Taiwan's "defense department" immediately sounded the air defense warning. It was precisely because of this alert that there was an uproar on the island. This time, the Taiwan military issued not only the Chinese version, but also an English version of the alert.
In the English version, however, the word "missile" is used, which translates to mean "missile" rather than "satellite". In addition, Taiwan's "defense department" has taken great pains to remind the people on the island to pay attention to safety. Due to the discrepancy between the Chinese and English versions of the alert, this has made the people on the island even more uneasy.
After all, there is a world of difference between missiles and satellites, and if they were only satellites, there would not be any security problems for the Taiwan region, but if a mainland missile flew over the island, the nature would be completely different. First, the mainland military has not announced the launch of a live-fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait, so launching missiles in the direction of Taiwan Island out of thin air is bound to be a dangerous signal.
Second, missiles will pose a certain "threat" to the island's security. Therefore, the Taiwan military's inconsistent rhetoric has only intensified the worries of the people on the island. However, Taiwan's "defense department" immediately made it clear that the mainland did not launch missiles but satellites, and the reason why the inappropriate wording occurred was that it did not update the wording of the system and apologized to the public because of its own negligence.
Although it was only a false alarm, the people on the island did not buy it. Netizens on the island questioned that Taiwan's "defense department" was deliberately cooperating with *** to create panic. Chen Chaoming, chairman of Taiwan's "International Association for the Development of Personnel," stressed that if it is only a satellite, there is no need to issue an air defense alert at all.
Obviously, this move by Taiwan's "defense department" has not only caused a stir, but has also made the people on the island think that they are making a big fuss. Subsequently, the Kuomintang also immediately launched an "attack" on the Taiwan authorities on this matter, and Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an bluntly said that this is a very serious matter, and ensuring the accuracy of the wording is what the authorities should do.
Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun directly condemned Taiwan's "defense department" for misleading the people and demanded that he immediately give a complete explanation on the matter. Kuomintang spokesman Ling Tao questioned why the Taiwan authorities had issued several text messages in succession and whether they were trying to use the "text messages to mediate the election."
You must know that in 2022, when the mainland's missiles really flew over the island of Taiwan, the Taiwan authorities did not react at all, but waited until the backstage authorities of Japan announced the news. Therefore, if we look at these two things together, we can not only reflect the poor performance of Taiwan's air defense system, but also see the lax style of the "defense department."
It is worth mentioning that the Taiwan authorities have not yet recovered from this incident, and the mainland has already begun to launch a second round of countermeasures against the Taiwan region. It is reported that in the past two days, the Ministry of Commerce of the mainland said that it is studying measures such as suspending tariff concessions on Taiwan's early harvest of agriculture and fishery, machinery, auto parts, textiles and other products in the ECFA.
Since this month, the mainland has officially suspended tariff concessions on 12 tariff items, including propylene and paraxylene in Taiwan, and this has already caused a great headache to the island's business and political circles.
It can be seen that during the period of ***'s administration, the people on the island were panicked and miasma. Whether the mainland takes military activities or economic measures, the responsibility lies with the Taiwan authorities. Therefore, in the last few days of the election, the people on the island should keep their eyes open and resolutely not hand over the fate of the Taiwan region to the hands of the "** elements."
Project Sword