Taipei is under “severe pressure from these continual exercises” and has had to adjust its former practice of continually intercepting Chinese aircraft, according to Lyle Goldstein, director of Asia engagement at Defense Priorities and a visiting professor at Brown University.
“This could be part of China’s strategy to stretch and intimidate Taiwan’s forces,” he told Stars and Stripes by email Friday.
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