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In a statement posted to the CCTV Video News Agency YouTube video on August 29, 2022, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said that America’s “flexing” in the Taiwan Strait under the “guise” of freedom of navigation is only a provocation and a deliberate attempt to undermine peace and stability in the region. He also emphasized that Taiwan is part of China and that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government of the Chinese people. In a second statement posted to the channel on the following day, Zhao reiterated his previous statement, adding that the efforts of Taiwanese separatists to solicit foreign support is the cause of tensions in the region.
On August 28, 2022, the CCTV Video News Agency YouTube channel posted a report about exercises performed in the South China Sea by the naval air arm of the PLA’s Southern Theater Command. The report featured footage of fighter jets performing “offensive operations,” exercises that involved live missiles and bombs fired at targets at sea.