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Speaker 12: (36:14)
While we¡¯re on China, you just few minutes ago said that China is trying to set a new status quo, a new normal. Could you elaborate on that? What do they exactly want to achieve by creating this crisis?
John Kirby: (36:29)
You¡¯ve seen them fly over the median line on several occasions in just the last 24 hours. You¡¯ve seen them now declare Naval operating areas exercise areas, much closer to the island than they did 25 years ago. You¡¯ve seen them now fly at least 11 ballistic missiles in and around the Taiwan Strait. Apparently, according to our Japanese allies, a couple of them, at least a couple of them landed in their economic exclusion zone, which means they most likely flew over the island.
John Kirby: (37:13) You could see a scenario where they¡¯re just taking the temperature up, they¡¯re boiling the frog. They¡¯re taking the temperature up to a higher level, with perhaps the intention of maintaining that intensity, or at least being able to conduct those kinds of operations on a more frequent regular basis going forward. That¡¯s a different status quo than the one that we had just a few days ago, just a week ago, and we¡¯re not going to-