Don't mind us, just testing our hypersonic missiles by flying it across Taiwan:
Even before the main stage of the exercise kicked off on Thursday, Global Times called them “unprecedented,” adding that Chinese missiles were expected to “fly over the island of Taiwan for the first time.” People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces are also expected to enter the area within 12 nautical miles of the island, and could potentially surround the island “entirely,” it added, citing military “experts.”
At Mach 5, Beijing is a little under 2 hours from DC. At Mach 10, around 55 minutes. It's about the same as from anywhere else in China to anywhere else in the US (since a straight shot goes over the north pole). Makes me wonder, China has a no first strike nuclear policy, what's it's regular missile strike policy? I assume probably another no first strike ever since the debacle in Vietnam.
I could potentially see a "strike" in the future against one of the uninhabited disputed island territories--not Diaoyu, one even smaller and obscure.
That's it.