U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (also translated as Pelosi, Polosi) arrived in Taiwan on the evening of August 2, and continued to conduct a series of visits in Taipei on August 3.
Pelosi was able to arrive safely. So far, public opinion has not revealed that the PLA has intervened such as intercepting the accompanying flight.
This reality is beyond most people's expectations.
Previously, many people thought that Pelosi would not visit Taiwan because the People's Liberation Army privately warned about security issues and hinted that the plane might be shot down. This kind of toughness is unprecedented.
When the White House and China opposed Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, and the Taiwan authorities once withdrew the invitation, ordinary people would not visit.
But it turns out Pelosi went anyway.
Pelosi is betting that the U.S. military can protect itself.
Pelosi won the bet.
The events on the evening of August 2 disappointed those who thought the PLA would forcefully stop Pelosi.
Why do people misjudge that the PLA can fire?
On September 4, 1991, during a visit to Beijing, Pelosi and two Republican and Democratic members of Congress held a sign "Dedicated to the martyrs who died for the cause of democracy in China" at Tiananmen Square.
Pelosi explained in the Legislative Yuan that in addition to expressing her support for human rights, she also protested unfair trade practices in mainland China and exported technology to so-called rogue countries.
(AP)
Previously, the People's Liberation Army's credit was very good, and it did what it said.
Coupled with the fact that Chinese officials continue to show that they are waiting and watching, the People's Liberation Army will not sit idly by.
It is widely believed that this will be a fierce battle.
In fact, nothing extreme happened.
The deterrence of the PLA did not come as promised, and the warning from the Chinese side did not scare Pelosi away. At the critical moment, the PLA did not go to a firefight.
The most critical part of this is China's approach.
Why is China very tough in the early warning and deterrence, but failed to honor the warning in the later real confrontation?
Is it out of a responsible big country?
This sentence may endure the scolding of countless people.
Many people's subconscious still thinks that they can't beat the United States, so they didn't make a move.
This is possible, but not absolute, at least China still has a certain ability to fight.
The most likely reason is probably the unwillingness to let the crisis escalate and the unwillingness to turn the Taiwan Strait issue into a conflict between China and the United States.
Today, there is no need for China to further intensify the contradictions and crises with the United States.
Of course, in the final analysis, this is due to the importance of the United States. Today, the strength of the United States and the strength of the US military are all seen by China.
Although the Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs, if the United States wants to intervene, in addition to condemning China, it has to accept the reality that the United States is involved and find a way to deal with it. Doing talent is the balance of giving and maximizing income.
To welcome Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, Taipei 101 lights up "Thanks to Friends of Democracy".
(Reporter broke the news network)
In 1950, the People's Liberation Army launched a military operation to liberate Taiwan, and the US Seventh Fleet entered the Taiwan Strait.
In 1955, the People's Liberation Army shelled Kinmen, and US ships escorted the Taiwan army.
These two military reunifications were not completely successful under the intervention of the United States. Later, China announced a policy of peaceful reunification, which actually slowed down the pace of military reunification.
This is essentially the choice of temporarily shelving the problem because of its strength.
The same is true today.
China is firmly opposed to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The question is does China intend to fight a war with the United States right away?
Are you planning to take back Taiwan by force immediately?
In today's China, there are still many overall situations to consider, and many factors to balance.
It's not a simple answer to shoot down Pelosi's plane.
No matter how hegemony weakens, the United States remains the most powerful country in the world.
The PLA did not directly intercept it. The fundamental reason is that it attaches great importance to the American factor. This is a fact that no one is willing to challenge and accept.
China does not have enough capital to treat the United States as it pleases.
In the past few years, national self-esteem and nationalist sentiments have accompanied the rise of national strength. The Chinese people can accept not much tolerance for the United States.
After decades of enduring humiliation and becoming the world's second largest economy, the people's growing need for revenge is not proportional to the official supply of retaliatory attacks.
The much-anticipated toughness against the United States, after it failed, made the Chinese more soberly aware of what a country the United States is and the true quality of "a country that has "wondered my country".
This is like a sober shot, and it is no exaggeration to say that Pelosi has cured the mental internal friction of the Chinese this time.
It is still our responsibility to endure the burden.
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