One seemingly response by Beijing can be to ship warplanes throughout the Taiwan Strait’s median line, a buffer zone the US established in 1954 to stop a battle between China and Taiwan. PLA plane repeatedly breached the road in September 2020, when then-US Undersecretary of State Keith Krach traveled to the island. Equally, Chinese language planes crossed the road earlier this month when US Senator Rick Scott visited Tsai. A deep or prolonged sortie throughout the road, which Beijing doesn’t acknowledge, would put explicit strain on Taiwan’s smaller army, since it will require its planes to remain within the air.
