During the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, when the Chinese conducted missile tests in the Taiwan Strait with missiles landing in Taiwanese waters off Kaohsiung and Keelung, concerns grew that China's People's Liberation Army might raise troops to take one of the ROC's outlying islands.
1996 年台海爆發飛彈危機，共軍在台灣海峽試射飛彈，「彈著點」落在高雄及基隆外海，甚至一度傳出共軍可能出兵攻佔台灣某一外島的消息。