Some foreign journalists headed off to Kinmen and Matsu to search for more signs of military preparations, or simply gave up and headed over to the PRC side. Seeing the reporters 'quandary, the GIO twice asked the Ministry of Defense to stage maneuvers. The second maneuvers were held in Hukou; 180 foreign reporters went.
新聞局看到外籍記者的窘況，馬上聯絡國防部，特別為他們辦了一次軍事演習，那天淒風苦雨，演習場地泥濘不堪，但還是去了一百八十多個外籍記者，當時一名路透社的文字記者說，這下子電子媒體有畫面、聲音可報了，但是文字媒體怎麼辦呢？