Indeed, fearing the popularity of Lee Teng-hui, who ran in the 1996 presidential election on a pro-independence platform, China’s People’s Liberation Army actually fired missiles close to the nearby coast of Keelung. But this saber rattling backfired.
事实上，出于对李登辉这位极受欢迎的台独派总统候选人的恐惧，中国人民解放军曾于1996年台湾大选期间向基隆港附近海域发射了导弹。但这一炫耀武力的举动却产生了反效果，李登辉最终赢得了大选。