Prominent Chinese journalist Hu Xijin, formerly the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Global Times media outlet, said that as newly-elected Taiwanese President Lai Ching Te was being inaugurated, China's PLA held the largest military drill it has held in over a year and surrounded.
Taiwan and its peripheral islands. Hu said that this was an "unprecedented warning" to President Lai, who has expressed his support for Taiwan independence, and he compared the drill to mainland China "seizing" President Lai and putting him in a birdcage.
Hu elaborated that if President Lai makes any misjudgments and turns from a "bad bird" into a "poisonous bird," he will face consequences.
He added that China can permanently eliminate the Taiwan independence movement by force, but it is showing great goodwill and concern for Taiwan's residents by prioritizing peaceful reunification.