The hybrid war against Taiwan has begun

Supporters enthusiastically welcome Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai during his stopover in New York. That alone angers Beijing – its air force dispatches jets.

The People’s Liberation Army continues to dispatch more and more jets across the median line of the Taiwan Strait to express its outrage over the actions of Taiwanese politicians. This fits the picture of „hybrid warfare,“ where the military and civilian means of pressure are perfidiously combined without escalating the crisis.

The saber-rattling in the Indo-Pacific is getting louder. According to the Taiwanese government, fighter jets entered Taiwan’s air defense zone 42 times over the weekend. More than half of the military jets crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait. The median line is considered the unofficial border between Taiwan and the People’s Republic in the heavily frequented Strait. Eight Chinese ships also took part in the drills.

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