Last year, when the PRC was holding missile tests and exercises off Taiwan, the US aircraft carrier Independence appeared in the waters near Taiwan. This "established a benchmark," says Parris Chang. In the future, he argues, if there is a crisis in the Taiwan Strait, the US will follow this precedent.
去年中共對台海飛彈演習，美國獨立號航空母艦出現在台灣水域，「這是確立了一個準則」，張旭成認為，此後當台海出現危機時，美方將循例辦理。