Taiwan will expand its definition of a first strike for the purposes of determining whether to militarily retaliate against Chinese aggression, according to a top defense official.
The government of Taiwan will now consider significant incursions into its airspace by Chinese aircraft and drones to constitute a first strike in the same manner as a missile attack, defense minister Chiu Kuo-cheng told lawmakers on Oct. 5.
Chiu said that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) recent aggression necessitated the expanded definition. He added that CCP crossings of the median line, the midpoint of the Taiwan Strait, were an effort to create a new norm for intimidation and harassment….