The more angry and warmongering China is appearing to be right now is just a sign for how fragmented it currently is.
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How?
I doubt anyone in Taiwan is threatening her power base. Nothing like a south western Mexican born Latina Republican. 
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Those in the CCP who dislike Xi’s policies are hoping for Li Keqiang to restore some common sense. Coupled with the housing/banking crisis, and the effects of ill managed COVID policies, it almost seems like the perfect storm for some drastic change in China.
In order for Xi or Li to keep or take power, they would need high level PLA leaders’ support. Usually the more hawkish one sounds, the more support from the PLA one would garner.
I don’t know if China could keep calm like they did in 1996. Times are very different.
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It’s always been the American Institute in Taiwan.
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Lol really. What acronym capitalizes a preposition like “in”?
In Taipei?
I’m actually surprised we don’t have an air raid drill today.
21 PLA aircrafts!
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The live fire drills are a big deal. That’s not. They’ve had even bigger incursions in the past. Now if they go past the median line…
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I want to return to this post for a second.
Notice how Taiwanese authorities all have custom Taiwan/USA flag masks.
I think that is evidence that they knew.
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No its just outdated (2006)
2005
2004
Ronald Reagan’s Death in earlier 2004.
Earliest form of /en/ webpage. Still talking about the safety of US beef. Nothing changes, does it?
12/30/2003 - The safety of US beef 
1999
1997
https://web.archive.org/web/19990225134707/http://ait.org.tw/ait/aitintro.html
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Where?
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While I suspect you’re right that they knew, I doubt this is evidence of that. I’m sure they had be a bunch of these masks left over from the last trip. Or the one before that. Or the one before that. Or …
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I think it could be evidence. I am not saying it’s proof.
But your statement is plausible too.
Need context. Helicopters?