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China conducted a siege drill across the midline of the Taiwan Strait for four days until today (7th).

At the same time, he praised himself for being able to accelerate the unification of China.

Military tensions have been heightened even more as Taiwan foretells a face-to-face response.



This is Beijing Correspondent Young-tae Jeong.



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Chinese army crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait today, the last day of training, and a confrontation between warships from both sides continued.



[Li Ning/Chinese Navy: Sailing very close to the island of Taiwan, recognizing the great responsibility and mission.]



Chinese military aircraft and warships have already crossed the Taiwan Strait midline more than 100 times.



For the first time in 70 years, Chinese military drones frequently visited Jinmen Island, the forefront of Taiwan, but the Taiwanese military did not shoot down.



The Chinese military boasted that it had completely accomplished its purpose, saying that it had neutralized the middle line unilaterally drawn by the US in the past and blocked the approach of US aircraft carriers.



[Meng Xiangqing/Professor, National Defense University of China: (With this exercise) conditions have been prepared to accelerate national reunification and an advantageous strategic position has been secured.]



Taiwan also presented a counter-fire training plan, including a large-scale artillery fire drill.



The goal of the training is to block the landing of the Chinese army in case of emergency by mobilizing artillery, attack helicopters and tanks.



During this exercise, the US military sent reconnaissance planes and put the aircraft carrier on hold in Philippine waters, but there was no further military pressure.



In the 1990s, during the Taiwan Strait crisis, the United States gathered two carrier groups and put pressure on China, which contrasts with the evaluation that the Chinese military could do nothing at that time.



Even within the United States, it has been evaluated that the situation has changed and an equal match is nearing due to China's increase in military power.



China has announced that it will conduct live-fire exercises in the southern part of the West Sea and the coast of the Bohai Bay until next month.



It is a concern that the military tension that started in the Taiwan Strait in conjunction with the ROK-U.S. joint exercise starting on the 22nd will affect the Korean Peninsula.



(Video coverage: Ma Gyu, Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)