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    Illustration: Xia Qing/GTRecent media attention has focused on Taiwan region's purchase of 66 F-16V (Blk 70) fighter jets from the US, the first two of which are now en route to the island. A mainland expert said the induction of these jets cannot change the cross-Straits air power balance. Their performance is comparable to the PLA's J-10C, but against the likes of J-16, J-20 and J-35, their tactical value is limited. The real gap, however, is not in individual aircraft, but in the PLA's already mature air combat system.
Taiwan region is beginning to receive the first operational aircraft from its 66-jet F-16V Block 70 order, reported Defence Security Asia on Saturday. The first two single-seat fighters, serials 6727 and 6728, departed the US on August 17, 2026, transited through Fort Worth and Hawaii, and were expected to continue through Guam before reaching Chihhang Air Base, weather permitting.
In addition to purchasing brand-new fighters, Taiwan region had previously cooperated with the US to upgrade 140 F-16A/B aircraft to the F-16V (Blk 20) standard. That upgrade work was fully completed in December 2023, according to CNA on August 19.
Taiwan region previously claimed that the F-16V (Blk 70), in addition to featuring increased thrust, airframe optimizations, extended range, and conformal fuel tanks, also enhances beyond-visual-range combat capability and partial stealth characteristics. It is equipped with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, providing multiple functions including air-to-air search, tracking, weapons guidance, electronic warfare, and communications, according to the HK01.
The F-16V (Blk 70) is the newest variant of the F-16 family, Song Zhongping, a mainland military affairs expert, told the Global Times on Sunday. The PLA's mainstay fighters have already been widely equipped with AESA radars and are at the same technological generation as the F-16V (Blk 70). In comparison with the J-10C, both fall into the light-to-medium fighter category and have a degree of comparability.
However, comparing to a heavy fighter such as the J-16, and especially when facing fifth-generation aircraft like the J-20 and J-35 that possess a clear generational advantage, the F-16V has no edge at all. Constrained by its original medium-weight, single-engine design, the F-16V faces inherent gaps versus heavy fighters in range, payload, and upgrade potential, Song explained.
The expert pointed out that what decides victory or defeat is no longer the performance of individual aircraft, but the entire combat system behind them.
Modern warfare is no longer a matter of "soldier versus soldier, general versus general." The PLA's advantage lies in its comprehensively overwhelming system-of-systems combat capability. It is not necessary to shoot down an F-16V in the air, it can also be destroyed on the ground, by striking its shelters or cratering runways so that it cannot take off or land, Song said.
The F-16V does improve Taiwan region's individual aircraft capabilities, but once integrated into a system-of-systems combat environment, its ability to alter the overall situation is extremely limited, said Song.
A Xinhua News Agency report in March 2026 described how a certain PLA Air Force unit organized its three mainstay fighters, the J-20, J-16 and J-10C, to conduct multi-day-and-night air combat confrontation training covering situation sharing, coordinated strikes, electromagnetic countermeasures, and other subjects.
The Taiwan regional authorities' attempt to rely on these F-16Vs to "resist reunification by force" is no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot, Song said.
From August 5 to 14, the Taiwan regional authorities conducted this year's "Han Kuang" military exercises. A CCTV News report on August 14 noted that the Taiwan region's Han Kuang exercises have become an annual farce. The entire exercise was plagued by continuous controversies.
The so-called "Han Kuang" exercises have always been a hollow, wasteful spectacle. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities are hereby warned: the "Taiwan independence" dead end leads nowhere and cannot be altered. The PLA remains on high alert around the clock, continuously enhancing its combat readiness against separatist and external interference activities. It is, and will always be, the solid foundation for safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and for maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, Senior Colonel Chen Xi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said on August 14.
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在英国女皇伊丽莎白二世于当地时间9月8日逝世后，虽然不少英国人都在悼念他们享年96岁的君主的离世，但也有一些西方学者把目光投向了她遗留下来的一个充满争议的遗产：英国的王室制度。其中，研究英国历史和世界历史的美国哈佛大学知名历史学教授马娅·亚桑诺夫，就给美国《纽约时报》撰文一篇，谈及了她对英女王逝世一事的看法。这篇文章的标题是：哀悼女王，而不是她的帝国（Mourn the Queen, Not Her Empire）。

B | 不过，由于这篇文章相当长，耿直哥这里仅简单介绍一下文章的大致内容。简单来说，亚桑诺夫的这篇文章大致可以分为三部分。在第一部分，亚桑诺夫先是在英国历史的大背景下，客观地回顾了伊丽莎白二世的一生，并肯定了她在位期间取得的一些成绩，认为这位英国在位时间最长的君主是值得人们悼念的。（截图来自亚桑诺夫在《纽约时报》上撰写的文章，下同）不过，在文章的中间部分，亚桑诺夫话锋一转，开始讲述起了自伊丽莎白二世继位以来，英帝国被她的个人光环所遮盖住的黑历史，比如上世纪中叶马来西亚、肯尼亚、塞浦路斯、也门等英国前殖民地的“总督”对当地独立运动的血腥镇压。这位历史学教授表示，由于这些英帝国的黑历史很多都被殖民地的官员们给销毁或封存了起来，所以很多英国人自己也不清楚这些事。一些英国政客和社会活动人士虽然曾公开过这些黑历史并谴责过英帝国的暴行，但也未能引起广泛的社会关注。至于英女王是否知情，亚桑诺夫这里给出的一个观点是：“我们或许永远不会知道女王是否知道这些以她的名义犯下的罪行”。在第三部分，亚桑诺夫又将视角投向了21世纪，指出英国王室与新千年也越发地格格不入，比如英国的社会和文化正在变得越来越多元化，有色人种也越来越多，2011年的人口普查结果是7名英国人里就有1人是有色人种，可英国的钱币上却仍然只印有这位白人女王的头像。

C | 又比如越来越多的英国前殖民地开始要求英国为之前的殖民罪行做出赔偿，一些英联邦国家则人心思变，有的干脆公开宣布要走共和制的道路，与英国王室决裂。而在谈及英国自脱欧以来出现的一系列社会问题时，亚桑诺夫更认为英国女王的长寿反而令内忧外患的英国更容易陷入对“第二个伊丽莎白时代”不切实际的幻想以及对英帝国时期的怀念。英国自脱欧以来的首相也在迎合着这种情绪，从约翰逊到特拉斯都在鼓吹着诸如“全球英国”（Global Britain）这种带有对英帝国时期眷恋意味的政治口号。“现在她走了，英国帝国主义的王室制度也必须终结了”，亚桑诺夫在文章的结尾处写道。

D | 她还认为，继位的英国国王查尔斯三世应该从将英国王室授予杰出人士的“大英帝国勋章”（Order of the British Empire）改名开始，让英国王室做出真正顺应历史的改变，大大减少以前那种奢靡的王室盛典，让王室逐渐向北欧斯堪的纳维亚国家那种更加平民化、象征性大于实际意义的王室转变。“这将一个值得庆祝的结局”，亚桑诺夫写道。

E | 最后值得一提的是，虽然亚桑诺夫的文章并不是在攻击伊丽莎白二世，而是在客观肯定伊丽莎白二世的同时，提出为什么英国王室已经不再适合这个时代，可这篇文章还是深深刺激到了英国网民的情感。

F | 在境外的社交网络上，大量英国网民就对此文表达了强烈不满，认为亚桑诺夫在伊丽莎白二世刚去世不久就写出这样的文章，是对逝者的不尊重。一些英国的保守派网民还认为立场偏自由派的《纽约时报》是“故意”用这样一个文章来恶心伊丽莎白二世的。这些人甚至还给英国的殖民主义进行辩护，说恰恰是英国的殖民才令许多殖民地得到了“高度”的“发展”和“进步”。但也一些网民很认同亚桑诺夫这篇文章的观点，并认为这篇文章值得一读。不过颇为搞笑的是，当《纽约时报》中文网在9月13日晚间将这篇文章进行了摘编和翻译后，一些海外的中文账号也纷纷跳出来攻击起了该报。