The military exercises that Beijing started last week show that Taiwan cannot rely only on asymmetric warfare to deter a Chinese attack, but rather needs to strike a balance between the deployment of military weapons and the development of strategies and tactics to deal with different types of warfare, military experts said. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched the exercises around Taiwan on Thursday last week in response to a 19-hour visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the nation. During the drills, China fired 11 Dongfeng short-range ballistic missiles into the waters off Taiwan, while warships and