Although China's leaders do not expect President Lee to be defeated, through these military exercises they signal to the people in Taiwan they do not trust President Lee, that they believe he is paying lip-service to reunification while covertly seeking independence under the cover of expanding Taiwan's "international space."
中國當局相信李登輝會蟬聯當總統，因此通過軍事演習向台灣人民表示他們不相信李登輝，認為他口是心非，口說統一，實際上卻以擴大台灣的國際空間為名，私下走台獨路線。