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#PLA

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Taiwan's Defense Ministry
Taiwan's Defense Ministry

“Between the morning of September 17th to 18th, the Ministry of National Defense had detected a total of 103 Chinese aircraft, which was a recent high and has posed severe challenges to the security across the Taiwan Strait and in the region.”

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Statement by the Taiwan's Defense Ministry
18 Sep 2023 3 3
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Xiang Lu
Xiang Lu

“Based on the released information about the PLA drills from August 4 to 7, the six locations have already encircled the island of Taiwan from all directions, and it could be a series of unprecedented military exercises aimed at realizing reunification by force and also to fight against the external forces that could interrupt the reunification process.”

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Specialist on US affairs at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
03 Aug 2022 5 3
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Lijian Zhao
Lijian Zhao

“We are fully prepared for any eventuality. The People's Liberation Army [PLA] will never sit by idly. China will take strong and resolute measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

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Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry
01 Aug 2022 4 3
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Wei Fenghe
Wei Fenghe

“If anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] would have no choice but to fight … and crush any attempt of Taiwan independence, safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

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Chinese Defence Minister
10 Jun 2022 5 3
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Lijian Zhao
Lijian Zhao

“I stated China's solemn position on US lawmakers' visit to Taiwan yesterday. China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the US and the Taiwan region. Members of the US Congress should act in consistence with the US government's one-China policy. The US side should abide by the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiqués, stop official exchanges with Taiwan and avoid making irresponsible remarks. The Chinese side will continue to take strong measures to resolutely safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity. I believe you have all noticed the statement released by the PLA Eastern Theater Command. The relevant moves by the Chinese army are a countermeasure to the US negative actions recently, including the lawmakers' visit to Taiwan.”

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Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry
15 Apr 2022 7 5
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Chang Cheng
Chang Cheng

“Taiwan is much easier to defend than invade, and the conditions are very different from Ukraine. It has been assessed that China could launch four amphibious marine landing divisions and two army infantry divisions for a total of about 30,000 troops, at least for the first stage of invasion. However, with Taiwan's domestically developed long-range missiles, together with portable air-defense missile systems, we are certain that we can destroy almost all PLA landing troops.”

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Former chief engineer of the Hsiung Feng III missile project
06 Mar 2022 9 2
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Jin Canrong
Jin Canrong

“Once the National Congress of the Communist Party of China is over in the fall of 2022, the scenario of armed unification will move toward becoming a reality. It is very likely that the leadership will move toward armed unification by 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA's [People's Liberation Army] founding.”

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Associate dean of the Renmin University of China's School of International Studies
06 Feb 2022 4 4
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Taiwan's Defense Ministry
Taiwan's Defense Ministry

“The Chinese People's Liberation Army [PLA] also aims to complete the modernization of its forces by 2035 to obtain superiority in possible operations against Taiwan and viable capabilities to deny foreign forces, posing a grave challenge to our national security. At present, the PLA is capable of performing [a] local joint blockade against our critical harbors, airports, and outbound flight routes, to cut off our air and sea lines of communication and impact the flow of our military supplies and logistic resources. Its intimidating behavior does not only consume our combat power and shake our faith and morale, but also attempts to alter or challenge the status quo in the Taiwan Strait to ultimately achieve its goal of 'seizing Taiwan without a fight'.”

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Report by Taiwan's Defense Ministry
09 Nov 2021 4 4
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Shi Yang
Shi Yang

“Corruption and an outdated command structure have left a very negative impact on the army. The large number of relatively outdated weapons also restricted Chinese army's combat ability... It was 1979 when China last engaged in real world conflict - and that was in Vietnam. Without fighting real wars, some might argue that the [PLA] might not be able to live up to its expectations. Such lack of experience wouldn't erode China's military strength in any significant way. The military power of the Chinese army in modern conflict will mostly depend on technology, which has been steadfastly marching towards the right direction.”

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Beijing-based Chinese military analyst
29 Oct 2021 3 2
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Xiang Lu
Xiang Lu

“So far, not a single US government official has spelt what 'defending Taiwan' means if done by the US. Does it mean sending US troops to confront the PLA [People's Liberation Army]? No one has ever explained in detail. Ambiguity still exists, and no one dares to explain it clearly. Even if China is not yet a lion, it is at least a strong bull today. The US said it would engage China from a position of strength. China can totally say exactly the same.”

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Specialist on US affairs at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
22 Oct 2021 5 7
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Hu Xijin
Hu Xijin

“Why just two dozen members? Why secretly? The US should send [to Taiwan] 240 servicemen publicly, in US military uniform, and make public where they are stationed. See whether the PLA [People's Liberation Army] will launch a targeted air strike to eliminate those US invaders!”

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Editor-in-chief of the hawkish mainland Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times
07 Oct 2021 4 5
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Chiu Kuo-cheng
Chiu Kuo-cheng

“The People's Liberation Army (PLA) currently has the ability to invade Taiwan but indicated that it probably will not immediately attack unless provoked because it would have to pay a price. By 2025, China's costs and attrition will be brought to the lowest level and it will have the ability to launch a full-scale invasion of Taiwan.”

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Taiwan's Minister of National Defense
06 Oct 2021 4 5
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Gerald Brown
Gerald Brown

“The use of J-16 fighter jets also overtook reconnaissance planes as the most common aircraft in the People's Liberation Army sorties. While the timing of the weekend's activity with China's national day was not surprising, the size of the missions caught people off guard. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] doest exactly go and roll out the specific details on why they're doing things. People focus a lot on the signalling side of things, and usually with the larger incursions there is a signalling component, but more often it's about intelligence gathering, wearing down Taiwan's air force, and pilot training.”

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Defense analyst based in Washington DC
04 Oct 2021 10 3
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Zhongping Song
Zhongping Song

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] is increasing the scale of exercises near the island of Taiwan, and this is normal and routine. The PLA needs more deployment to deter the armed forces on the island and foreign interference, so it is necessary that related drills become of larger scale. Friday is National Day in the mainland, and the PLA's exercise displayed its capability in safeguarding national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is a very practical way to celebrate the day.”

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Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator
02 Oct 2021 6 3
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Zhou Chenming
Zhou Chenming

“The replacement of weapon systems and equipment in the Western Theatre Command has been accelerated in recent years, thanks to tensions with India over border disputes. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] wants to use the weapon upgrades to warn their Indian counterparts, reminding India that the Chinese military has a certain advantage over India in weapons technology with the aim of preventing any more conflict.”

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Researcher from the Yuan Wang think tank, Beijing-based military science and technology institute
20 Sep 2021 7 4
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Zhongping Song
Zhongping Song

“The US warship's transit through the Taiwan Straits is about sending a provocative message, and to encourage Taiwan secessionism, but the US military is not ready for a war with the PLA. So the PLA's [People's Liberation Army] action in the region is not just targeting any specific move made by the US, because the US' intention is clear, and what the PLA is doing is about preparing for the worst case scenario - an all-out military intervention made by US and its allies, and only by doing so, the PLA will be able to defeat all kinds of enemies, especially the foreign interventionist forces, when China launches an operation to reunify Taiwan with the mainland. There is no secret that the military exercises the PLA has conducted around Taiwan are targeting secessionist forces on the island and any foreign forces that support them. We can openly tell them that we are treating them as simulated enemies during those relevant military exercises.”

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Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator
18 Sep 2021 9 7
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Shi Yi
Shi Yi

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] has organized troops to follow, supervise and monitor the US ship throughout its passage in the Taiwan Straits. These frequent provocations fully prove that the US is undermining the peace and stability of the Taiwan Straits, and creating risks in the region. The troops of the command theater remain on high alert all the time, and will firmly safeguard the security of national sovereignty and the peace and stability of the region.”

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Chinese Senior Colonel and spokesperson of the Eastern Theater Command
18 Sep 2021 6 4
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Xu Guangyu
Xu Guangyu

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] warships displayed China's determination and capability to countries like Japan and the US, which attempt to interfere in the Taiwan question. The moves will help safeguard peace and stability in the region by deterring Japanese right-wing forces and Taiwan secessionists.”

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Senior adviser to the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association
09 Sep 2021 7 4
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Zhongping Song
Zhongping Song

“With the Chinese mainland in mind, the island of Taiwan has been developing missiles for a while, but its technologies are not sufficient to develop advanced missiles that are meaningful enough to change the military power balance between the mainland and the island. For the armed forces on the island, this will only draw fire onto themselves, because the missiles will very likely become the first targets the PLA [People's Liberation Army] attacks if a conflict breaks out.”

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Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator
22 Aug 2021 3 3
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Oriana Skylar Mastro
Oriana Skylar Mastro

“Ultimately, on the question of whether China will use force, Chinese leaders' perceptions of their chances of victory will matter more than their actual chances of victory. For that reason, it is bad news that Chinese analysts and officials increasingly express confidence that the PLA [People's Liberation Army] is well prepared for a military confrontation with the United States over Taiwan. Although Chinese strategists acknowledge the United States' general military superiority, many have come to believe that because China is closer to Taiwan and cares about it more, the local balance of power tips in Beijing's favor.”

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Fellow at Stanford University who specialises in Chinese military and security policy
03 Jun 2021 (approx) 5 6
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