Taiwan will pay close attention to the exercises held by the People's Liberation Army Navy simultaneously in the East and South China seas while maintaining calm, Tan Chih-lung, a retired admiral of the Republic of China Navy and researcher with the Taipei-based Society for Strategic Studies, has told our sister newspaper Want Daily.
Although Taiwan had developed closer cross-strait economic and cultural relationships with mainland China, the possibility of a sudden attack on the island by forces taking part in the exercises remains. Tan said Taiwan's defense ministry will pay close attention to the exercises, which he said are essentially being held for the PLA to demonstrate its confidence and force projection capability.
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