Or February 22, 1996, the head of the US Central Intelligence Agency stated at a congressional hearing that Beijing's military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait could very possibly, because of miscalculation, lead to war, and that the situation was extremely dangerous.
九六年二月二十二日，美國中央情報局局長在國會參院一項聽證會上也表示，北京在台海的軍事演習，極可能因錯誤估算而引發戰爭，情勢至為險峻。