China Ignores The 'Line' The US Drew To Keep Peace in Taiwan Strait

Bloomberg: China Pushes Back Line US Drew to Keep Peace in Taiwan Strait 

(Bloomberg) -- China has sent warplanes across the Taiwan Strait’s so-called median line almost daily since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit last month, shrinking a buffer zone that has helped keep the peace for decades. 

An average of 10 Chinese aircraft have crossed the US-drawn boundary every day since Aug. 3, when Pelosi became the first House speaker to visit Taipei in a quarter century, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News. 

The incursions were once a rare event, with just three instances in the first seven months of the year. 

The flights show how China is attempting to use Pelosi’s one-night stay in Taipei to establish a lasting presence closer to Taiwan. While Beijing has never officially recognized the median line, which the US drew in 1954 during an earlier period of cross-strait tensions, its military has largely respected the boundary over the years.  

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WNU Editor: Never draw a "line in the sand" if you cannot (or will not) enforce it.