Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. File photoBEJING, Aug 2China's military aircraft may fire projectiles in front of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's aircraft as a warning if she visits Taiwan, unless other forms of warning force her to leave the airspace in question, writes the Global Times, citing a military expert. «Regardless of whether, whether Pelosi arrives or not, China needs to maintain the ability to regularly push enemies out of the Taiwan Strait and be prepared for military conflicts caused by the intervention of the United States and Japan,” military expert Song Zhongping told the newspaper. In turn, Chinese military aviation expert Fu Qianshao told Global Times that Chinese warplanes are capable of regular patrols around Taiwan, and the PLA army, navy, and air force have far more interception and strike capabilities than during the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996. The People's Liberation Army of China (PLA ) against the background of the escalation of the situation in the region 2-6 August and conducts military exercises in the South China Sea and from August 1 to 4 in the waters of the Bohai Bay in the east of the country.Chinese officer called a way to «teach a lesson» to the United States in the situation with Taiwan «If the Pelosi plane enters the area of our exercises, we will have to take measures to force out (the aircraft from the corresponding area. — Approx. ed.), intercept, escort and send a radio warning … If Pelosi continues to do what he wants, our warplanes may fire projectiles diagonally in front of Pelosi's plane as an additional warning,» said Fu Qianshao. At the same time, retired Taiwan Army Lieutenant General Herman Shuai wondered if the escort accompanying Pelosi would land at the airport Taipei with her.
"Any landing of a US military aircraft will be a serious violation of the "red line" China and lead to an even bigger crisis on top of the Pelosi crisis,” he said.
Another Taiwanese analyst, Qiu Yi, believes that if Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, he will most likely do so from the east coast, since the military presence of mainland China is strengthened off the west coast of the island. one in the world hides like a rat and boasts of it,» Qiu Yi told the newspaper.The US urged China not to create tension if Pelosi visits Taiwan Chinese Academy of Social Sciences American political scientist Lu Xiang believes that no matter how Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, the prepared countermeasures of the People's Liberation Army of China will be implemented and the intensity of the response will not be affected that the visit would be short. In his opinion, if Pelosi visits Taiwan, mainland China could declare control of airspace over the entire island or part of it, «if the US takes one step forward on the Taiwan issue, then China will take two.» At the same time, he added that China is not interested in a quarrel with an 82-year-old woman and does not seek conflict with the US military, but if they interfere in China's main interests, Beijing will definitely respond.
US asks China not to «sabre-rattling» over possible Pelosi visit If the visit to the Chinese island takes place despite Beijing's protests, it would be the first visit by a speaker of the US House of Representatives since 1997. The US administration, warned by the Chinese president that «playing with fire risks getting burned,» assured Beijing of its commitment to the «one China» policy, but distanced itself from a possible visit, saying that the speaker makes decisions herself. Taiwanese media reports that she may arrive on the island on Tuesday and meet with the leadership of the island administration on Wednesday. The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry does not confirm these reports. The PRC considers the island its province and always opposes any contact between Taipei representatives and current officials, especially high-ranking officials, or the military from countries with which Beijing has diplomatic relations. Reports of a possible visit to Pelosi Island, which Beijing calls the third most important official in the US government, expectedly provoked an extremely negative reaction from China. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that in the event of Pelosi's visit to Beijing Island, he will definitely take decisive and effective measures to protect state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the United States will be fully responsible for all the serious consequences arising from this. At the same time, Chinese officials did not specify what kind of drastic measures they were talking about.