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Taiwan - Coggle Diagram

- - - - a sophisticated ploy now resorted to by China for Taiwan
      - comprises elements that frustrate Taiwan in a sustained manner
      - simulated audiovisuals
        
        PLA ETC Weibo account released a 3D animation video depicting how in an invasion scenario, land-and warship-based ballistic missile launchers would fire tens of missiles at one go, striking areas in Taipei and Kaohsiung
      - daily sorties conducted by PLA fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), strategic fighters and early warning aircraft
        
        do not engage the island’s defence forces directly, they exert sustained pressure on them
        
        UAVs also conduct intelligence work in the areas surrounding the island
        
        induces wear-out within Taiwanese forces, even before there is kinetic combat
      - Beijing often deploys narratives within Taiwanese territory that thrust ideological choices upon its citizens
        
        To build a favourable image for itself
        
        it initiates public discussions on social media, and garners attention for the Chinese cause
      - political tactics
        
        ‘carrots and sticks’ approach towards Taiwan
        
        sticks for the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP)
        
        DPP is Mr. Lai's party
        
        any meaningful communication between the DPP and the CPC has stalled since Ms. Tsai became President of Taiwan in 2016
        
        coercive economic measures
        
        leverage the cross-strait trade and business interdependence to seek concessions
        
        eg.
        
        China’s unilateral suspension of preferential tax rates for chemical imports from Taiwan, granted under the only trade agreement to exist between the two sides — the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)
        
        carrots for Kuomintang (KMT)
        
        KMT is DPP's primary opposition party
        
        Well known for its relatively pro-mainland views
        
        KMT continues to engage with Communist Party (CPC) officials
        
        DPP legislators have often described these engagements as KMT’s “collusion” with the CPC