| Abstract | As part of its campaign to deter independence-minded voters and candidates ahead of Taiwan's first-ever direct presidential elections 23 March 1996, the Chinese People's Liberation Army had carried out live-ammunition war games just 70 km from Penghu from March 12 to 20. The week before, it had conducted missile tests in two areas off Taiwan. In Penghu, 150 km northwest of Kaohsiung and 200 km east of China's coast, however, no one seemed spooked, but elsewhere in Taiwan, nervousness was evident. |
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