2022-08-16 20:18 Last update: 20:27
The U.S. congressman visited Taiwan, and the People’s Liberation Army responded with a strong response, starting from August 15th to start military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. On the same day, the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army released a video showing that the pilots had flown to an area overlooking Penghu, proving that the fighter planes not only flew over the so-called center line of the Taiwan Strait, but also penetrated deep into the sky close to Penghu.
Taiwan’s defense department routinely denies it, saying that Penghu can be clearly seen at high altitudes along the central line of the strait. Using a long lens of the camera to zoom in can create a sense of approximation. It believes that this is a means of “cognitive warfare” and appeals to the people of Taiwan not to. I believe that the video released by the People’s Liberation Army also emphasizes that the various surveillance and investigation actions of the Taiwan military can effectively respond to the enemy’s situation and ensure “national” security. Please rest assured.
As early as August 4, when the PLA conducted a large-scale island encirclement exercise in the Taiwan Strait, Tsai Ing-wen had defined the whole incident as the CCP’s “cognitive warfare” against Taiwan, saying that the PLA’s military exercise would not end in two or three days. . In addition, Taiwan must continue to strengthen its ability to resist the CCP’s “cognitive warfare”, so that the society can develop collective resilience and jointly win this “cognitive warfare” battle.
The so-called “cognitive warfare” in Taiwanese independence refers to the enemy spreading false news, weakening trust in the government, or provoking social confrontation. In recent years, the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party government has put all of its own failures as a result of the CCP’s cognitive warfare. In June of this year, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council released a video on video social media, claiming that the mainland used “cognitive warfare” to interfere in Taiwan’s election in various ways.
Today, the Taiwanese government defines the mainland’s military operations against Taiwan as “cognitive warfare,” which means that this is a propaganda war without substance. The mainland just spreads false information to change people’s perception of reality.
The problem is that the island-encircling military exercise between the mainland and Taiwan, as well as the follow-up normalized “combat readiness patrol”, are just spreading fake news, just as simple as “cognitive warfare”?
The Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party government calls real military deterrence operations “cognitive warfare.” This is “cognitive warfare.” Taiwan’s propaganda that is false is only to cover up its own inaction.
1. The PLA fighter jets have already flown over Taiwan Island. Taiwanese officials are still debating whether PLA fighter jets flew over Penghu on August 15, alleging that this was just fake news and cognitive warfare. In fact, during the previous PLA military exercise to encircle Taiwan, mainland fighter jets had already penetrated into the airspace of Taiwan Island, and when they flew close, they could see Taipei Yangmingshan. Therefore, it is meaningless that Taiwan’s defense department is still arguing over whether mainland fighter jets have flown over Penghu.
Second, the mainland’s repeated military exercises have substantially changed the status quo across the Taiwan Strait. Since August 4th, the mainland’s military exercise around Taiwan has not changed its cognition, but changed the military reality on both sides of the strait, including: 1. The mainland’s fighter jets flew over the middle line between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and penetrated deep into the island of Taiwan, which is equivalent to throwing the so-called strait into the middle of the Taiwan Strait at once. line erased. 2. The mainland missiles not only flew over Taiwan Island, but also over Taipei. Taiwan did not respond, but the Japanese Defense Agency announced that the missiles that the mainland had hit in the eastern waters of Taiwan had crossed the sky over Taipei and entered the sea. 3. The mainland has designated 6 training areas encircling Taiwan Island, declaring grey sea power. Through military exercises, the mainland has mastered air and sea control in the area around Taiwan Island. This is not fake news, but a real change.
Third, Taiwan does nothing but responds with saliva. In the face of such an all-round military exercise by the mainland, Taiwan did not take off to meet the enemy, and the missile defense system did not fire back.
Taipei claims to have the second largest air defense system in the world close to Israel, equipped with American Patriot air defense missiles and Tiangong air defense missiles developed by itself. But when the mainland’s missiles flew over Taipei, Taipei’s missile defense system did not respond at all to intercept, and Taiwan did not even sound the alarm. This is a very absurd situation. Before the Taiwan military exercise, the alarm would be sounded, but when the mainland fighter jets approached and the missiles flew over their heads, they were silent.
Taiwan’s senior officials are like Ah Q in Lu Xun’s writings. When Ah Q was surrounded and beaten until his eyes were blue and his nose was swollen, he still said something in his mouth: “It’s just that the son beats the old man.” Now the senior officials in Taiwan are also muttering to themselves: “It’s just that Cognitive warfare.”
Those who say right and wrong are right and wrong. Taiwan’s senior officials really responded to the oppressive military exercises of the mainland by means of “cognitive warfare” because: 1. Taiwan knew that it would respond militarily and sent fighter jets to try to intercept the PLA fighter jets. The combat power was fundamentally asymmetrical? Or 2. I am afraid that if the gun goes wrong, the mainland will immediately turn from military exercises to attack Taiwan by force. Wouldn’t it be self-defeating? Or 3. When instructed by the United States to respond in a low-key manner, because the United States does not want to have a large-scale military conflict with China at this stage?
No matter what the real reason is, when Taiwan faced the Chinese mainland with its sword, the snakes shrank, and the mainland won.
The DPP has always been an expert in “cognitive warfare”. Every election, fraudulent incidents emerge one after another. From Chen Shui-bian’s shot to Tsai Ing-wen’s scolding for taking advantage of Hong Kong’s anti-revision case, they all made a fuss and used tricks to boost their popularity and win the election.
But this time the DPP encounters the mainland, it is not a cognitive battle with you, but a burial of “white knives in, red knives out”. If you want to play Taiwan independence, first put your head on the gambling table and talk about it.
Lu Yongxiong
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