The drill was China’s seventh major military drill targeting Taiwan since August 2022. However, TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) doubted the nation’s self-defense capability, questioning whether its indigenous submarines are functional. They instead passed resolutions condemning Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) and requesting that National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) step down. The KMT’s and the opposition parties’ statements not only send a confusing message to the world, but signal to Beijing that its cognitive warfare is working. The TPP’s conflicting words and decisions, and the KMT’s statement and actions are playing into the PLA’s “three warfares” strategy.

Source: Taipei Times January 04, 2026 16:05 UTC