During a Senate hearing on US policy toward Taiwan, Winston Lord, assistant secretary of state for Asia-Pacific affairs, was asked his view of the PRC's recent large-scale military exercises. He stated that "l do not believe that the PRC has the ability or the intentio to invade Taiwan."
美國參議院在對台政策的聽證會上，詢問亞太事務助理國務卿羅德對中共近來大規模軍事演習的看法，羅德表示，他「不相信中共有能力或有意圖進攻台灣」。