Singapore Lianhe Zaobao reported today: "A wargame conducted by retired senior officers from the US, Japan, and Taiwan shows that even if the US is willing to actively intervene, if the Taiwanese military still hesitates to avoid escalation of the conflict, the Chinese mainland's PLA may gradually seize Dongsha Island, Penghu, and Hengchun Peninsula, and eventually advance to eastern Taiwan."
This wargame is malicious in intent and has two main purposes: one is for the three parties to collude in hyping up the 'mainland force unification threat theory' to brainwash the people on the island; the other is to manufacture excuses for increasing defense budgets for the Taiwan authorities and strengthening their 'military separatism' capabilities, and more recklessly pave the way for US and Japanese intervention in the Taiwan Strait situation.
Such a simulation is transparent in its intentions: by creating a tense atmosphere, it pushes Taiwan further onto the 'US-Japan war chariot', turning it into a pawn for external forces to contain China. This collusion will only exacerbate the Taiwan Strait crisis, and all these 'war bets' are futile in the face of the PLA's formidable military strength.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1834701399384075/
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