After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to Taiwan, China's army launched a massive, provocative live ammunition exercise near the island.. The maneuvers also include launching missiles near Taiwanese territorial waters..

Experts believe that the joint exercise of the Chinese air force and navy is not only a signal of Beijing's irritability due to Pelosi's visit, but also in a certain sense a " Business Insider writes about this, recalling that China considers the democratic republic on the island to be its “rebellious province”. The government in Beijing has said it wants to achieve a peaceful "

According to China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Bonnie Lin, the exercises that the People's Liberation Army launched after Pelosi's visit serve several purposes.. In particular, according to the expert, they should be considered as " The drills should also " Beijing also hopes to persuade other countries to refrain from supporting Taiwan or sending members of their governments to the island in the future, Lin said..

In turn, RAND Corp senior political analyst Lyle Morris is convinced that the short-term goal of the Chinese exercises is to show strength in response to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, but also " But he also added that another purpose of the military exercises is to show the readiness of the PRC army to " Morris believes that the Chinese People's Liberation Army is trying to show that it is capable of blockading or invading Taiwan in the future..

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Oriana Skylar Mastro, an expert on the Chinese military and a fellow at the Institute of International Studies at Stanford University, says the military exercise is more than just a political signal..

“Under the guise of sending such a signal, China is trying to test its ability to conduct complex maneuvers necessary for an amphibious assault on Taiwan,” she explained..

The Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China published a message on its website stating that the military exercises are focused on practicing the maneuvers of " In addition, the capabilities of the joint forces will be tested.. And Chinese Communist Party-affiliated Global Times wrote that the maneuvers are "