The situation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is like a tug of war. It's a tense calm in which the forces of either side are evenly matched. If you took away a couple of people, you'd be pulled over and lose.
現在雙方在台灣海峽的情勢，就像拔河，目前雙方勢均力敵，是一個繃緊的平靜；你減二個人，被他拉過去，就輸了。