"We're expecting more exercises, more bellicosity and rhetoric we're expecting additional incursions, and we'll see how this plays out. As I said, there is no reason for this to erupt into a crisis. There's no reason for this to come to blows and nobody wants to see that happen," Kirby said during a briefing.
Kirby dismissed Chinese criticism and military threats as a way of disguising Beijing's real intention for a military build up.
"They're boiling the frog, right they're taking they're taking the temperature up to a higher level with perhaps the intention of maintaining that sort of intensity," Kirby said, adding that China might want to use this to establish a permanent increased presence in the area.
On August 2, US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in a controversial move despite fiery protests from Beijing that led to a strong condemnation of the Biden administration's infringement of China's sovereignty.
The PLA launched a series of military exercises around Taiwan beginning on August 2 and said the exercises will include live fire at targets.