WAR CHINA THREATENS TO INVADE TAIWAN
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Or welding goggles and copious amounts of zinc oxide......
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I don't think anybody can say what the U.S. will do when the time comes to take action. It all depends on who the President is at the time. Right now Biden is keeping the same policies Trump had with China, nothing has changed in that area.
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I don't think anybody can say what the U.S. will do when the time comes to take action. It all depends on who the President is at the time. Right now Biden is keeping the same policies Trump had with China, nothing has changed in that area.
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China will take action over Taiwan that's a fact, that's their redline. The question is what will the U.S. and allies do when it happens.
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China will take action over Taiwan that's a fact, that's their redline. The question is what will the U.S. and allies do when it happens.
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Book Reveals Gen Milley Secretly Sabotaged Trump, Called China, Sparking Talk Of Treason
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TUESDAY, SEP 14, 2021 - 01:15 PM
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley - who just facilitated the transfer of billions of dollars of US military hardware to America's enemies during the botched Afghanistan pullout - engaged in a 'top-secret' mission to undermine President Trump's ability to order military strikes or launch nuclear weapons following the Jan.6 Capitol riot, according to a new book by Bob Woodword and the Washington Post's Robert Costa.
Milley's treasonous effort allegedly stemmed out of fears that Trump could 'go rogue,' according to CNN.
"You never know what a president's trigger point is," said Milley - who just separated an entire family of Afghan civilians from their mortal coils in a haphazard drone strike.
"No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure," said Milley, unconstitutionally, before going around the room and 'looking each officer in the eye, asking them to verbally confirm they understood.'
"Milley considered it an oath," wrote the authors.
Meanwhile, Milley also had two 'back-channel phone calls' with China's top general in the waning days of the Trump administration.
What's more, Milley told China he'd warn them if the United States was going to attack!
The book also claims that Trump signed a military order after he lost the 2020 election to pull the US military out of Afghanistan by January 15, 2021 - days before he left the White House. The memo, drafted by 'two Trump loyalists,' was reportedly nullified, "but Milley could not forget that Trump had done an end run around his top military advisers," and "felt no absolute certainty that the military could control or trust Trump and believed it was his job as the senior military officer to think the unthinkable and take any and all necessary precautions" according to the book.
Milley's actions against a sitting president have sparked outrage and calls for his ouster.
Perhaps if Trump runs (and wins) in 2024, he'll surround himself with less treasonous advisers.
Book Reveals Gen Milley Secretly Sabotaged Trump, Called China, Sparking Talk Of Treason | ZeroHedge
BY TYLER DURDEN
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TUESDAY, SEP 14, 2021 - 01:15 PM
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley - who just facilitated the transfer of billions of dollars of US military hardware to America's enemies during the botched Afghanistan pullout - engaged in a 'top-secret' mission to undermine President Trump's ability to order military strikes or launch nuclear weapons following the Jan.6 Capitol riot, according to a new book by Bob Woodword and the Washington Post's Robert Costa.
Milley's treasonous effort allegedly stemmed out of fears that Trump could 'go rogue,' according to CNN.
"You never know what a president's trigger point is," said Milley - who just separated an entire family of Afghan civilians from their mortal coils in a haphazard drone strike.
"No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure," said Milley, unconstitutionally, before going around the room and 'looking each officer in the eye, asking them to verbally confirm they understood.'
"Milley considered it an oath," wrote the authors.
Meanwhile, Milley also had two 'back-channel phone calls' with China's top general in the waning days of the Trump administration.
What's more, Milley told China he'd warn them if the United States was going to attack!
The book also claims that Trump signed a military order after he lost the 2020 election to pull the US military out of Afghanistan by January 15, 2021 - days before he left the White House. The memo, drafted by 'two Trump loyalists,' was reportedly nullified, "but Milley could not forget that Trump had done an end run around his top military advisers," and "felt no absolute certainty that the military could control or trust Trump and believed it was his job as the senior military officer to think the unthinkable and take any and all necessary precautions" according to the book.
Milley's actions against a sitting president have sparked outrage and calls for his ouster.
Perhaps if Trump runs (and wins) in 2024, he'll surround himself with less treasonous advisers.
Book Reveals Gen Milley Secretly Sabotaged Trump, Called China, Sparking Talk Of Treason | ZeroHedge
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Chinese Warships Approach Alaska As US Navy Increases Presence In South China Sea
BY TYLER DURDEN
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TUESDAY, SEP 14, 2021 - 01:00 PM
The US Coast Guard revealed a significant incident involving Chinese military vessels coming near American waters off Alaska. While the incident was first divulged to the public on Monday, it happened at the end of August.
No less than four People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ships were spotted and shadowed by US vessels off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, including a guided missile destroyer and guided missile cruiser, as well as an intelligence gathering vessel and auxiliary ship. They stayed in international waters but came within the United States' exclusive economic zone.
US Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf shadowing Chinese navy ships on August 30, 2021. Source: US Coast Guard
"During the deployment, Bertholf and Kimball observed four ships from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) operating as close as 46 miles off the Aleutian Island coast," the Coast Guard statement said. "While the ships were within the US exclusive economic zone, they followed international laws and norms and at no point entered US territorial waters."
The statement said further, "The Chinese vessels conducted military and surveillance operations during their deployment to the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean."
A US Coast Guard source was later cited in a media report confirming that the Chinese ships were present in the US' EEZ (exclusive economic zone: which extends far off the Alaskan coast) from August 29 to September 1.
Despite at one point coming to within about 46 miles of a US island off Alaska, the Chinese naval task force stayed within international waters, though were firmly within the US EEZ - which extends about 230 miles off the Alaskan coast.
The Coast Guard published images of the encounter wherein the US vessels shadowed the Chinese group, as Business Insider details:
US Coast Guard photo set of the prior encounter off Alaska
Chinese state mouthpiece Global Times on Monday featured insight by Chinese military analysts who said China's navy is
taking "countermeasure against US military provocations on China's doorsteps in the name of freedom of navigation."
This as the US Navy has stepped up maneuvers in the South China Sea, recently sending the USS Carl Vinson Carrier which for the first time carried F-35 stealth fighters on its deck. This had served to reportedly put the PLA military 'on alert' - given the US conducted drills launching the F-35 from the carrier deck for the first time ever near China-claimed waters in the region.
Chinese Warships Approach Alaska As US Navy Increases Presence In South China Sea | ZeroHedge
BY TYLER DURDEN
ZERO HEDGE
TUESDAY, SEP 14, 2021 - 01:00 PM
The US Coast Guard revealed a significant incident involving Chinese military vessels coming near American waters off Alaska. While the incident was first divulged to the public on Monday, it happened at the end of August.
No less than four People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ships were spotted and shadowed by US vessels off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, including a guided missile destroyer and guided missile cruiser, as well as an intelligence gathering vessel and auxiliary ship. They stayed in international waters but came within the United States' exclusive economic zone.
US Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf shadowing Chinese navy ships on August 30, 2021. Source: US Coast Guard
"During the deployment, Bertholf and Kimball observed four ships from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) operating as close as 46 miles off the Aleutian Island coast," the Coast Guard statement said. "While the ships were within the US exclusive economic zone, they followed international laws and norms and at no point entered US territorial waters."
The statement said further, "The Chinese vessels conducted military and surveillance operations during their deployment to the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean."
A US Coast Guard source was later cited in a media report confirming that the Chinese ships were present in the US' EEZ (exclusive economic zone: which extends far off the Alaskan coast) from August 29 to September 1.
Despite at one point coming to within about 46 miles of a US island off Alaska, the Chinese naval task force stayed within international waters, though were firmly within the US EEZ - which extends about 230 miles off the Alaskan coast.
The Coast Guard published images of the encounter wherein the US vessels shadowed the Chinese group, as Business Insider details:
US Coast Guard photo set of the prior encounter off Alaska
Chinese state mouthpiece Global Times on Monday featured insight by Chinese military analysts who said China's navy is
taking "countermeasure against US military provocations on China's doorsteps in the name of freedom of navigation."
This as the US Navy has stepped up maneuvers in the South China Sea, recently sending the USS Carl Vinson Carrier which for the first time carried F-35 stealth fighters on its deck. This had served to reportedly put the PLA military 'on alert' - given the US conducted drills launching the F-35 from the carrier deck for the first time ever near China-claimed waters in the region.
Chinese Warships Approach Alaska As US Navy Increases Presence In South China Sea | ZeroHedge
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Update: Chinese ambassador to the UK banned from Parliament. (The Telegraph)
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Update: Chinese ambassador to the UK banned from Parliament. (The Telegraph)
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There is a lot more going on than what we know
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We are not going to make it through September.
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not when they make statements like this
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Update: CGTN (China Mouth piece) China stands ready to defend its sovereignty, even at the cost of war. China loves peace and will use every possible means, including force, to ensure long-term peace in the region.
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More: "Is the U.S. ready for a war? This is the question Washington must answer before it continues provoking China on the Taiwan question."
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More: "Is the U.S. ready for a war? This is the question Washington must answer before it continues provoking China on the Taiwan question."
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Update: China/U.S./Taiwan...
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If Taiwan fears a bioweapons attack, it should worry about US & Japan, which have used such weapons in the past. If US, Japan interfere in a possible conflict, they could use bioweapons and make collateral damage to the island's troops & people: experts Taiwan launches biodefense drills to 'cater to US’ lab-leak theory' - Global Times
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If Taiwan fears a bioweapons attack, it should worry about US & Japan, which have used such weapons in the past. If US, Japan interfere in a possible conflict, they could use bioweapons and make collateral damage to the island's troops & people: experts Taiwan launches biodefense drills to 'cater to US’ lab-leak theory' - Global Times
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Update: Taiwan’s foreign minister went to the United States this past weekend to discuss the possibility of including “Taiwan” in the name for Taiwan’s representative office in the US capital.
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Update: Taiwan’s foreign minister went to the United States this past weekend to discuss the possibility of including “Taiwan” in the name for Taiwan’s representative office in the US capital.
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Taiwan delegation to visit Slovakia, Czech Republic and Lithuania
Issued on: 14/09/2021 - 09:40
A Taiwanese flag is seen at a national day protest. Beijing tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage Philip FONG AFP
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A Taiwanese delegation of government officials and business people will visit Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, officials said Tuesday, defying Beijing's opposition to any diplomatic ties with Taipei.
The 65-member group will visit the three countries between October 20 and 30 to promote trade ties and investment, said Chen Li-kuo, chief of the Taiwanese foreign ministry's European affairs department.
"We have continued to deepen our relations with Central and Eastern European countries... in a demonstration of solidarity and friendship among international democratic partners," he told a virtual press briefing.
All three countries gave coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan and have shown signs of wanting closer relations with the island, even if that angers China.
Lithuania has led the way.
Taiwan announced in July it was setting up a representative office in Vilnius under the name "Taiwan" instead of "Taipei" -- a significant diplomatic departure from standard practice.
Beijing withdrew its ambassador to Lithuania and demanded Vilnius do the same, which it eventually did.
"Taiwan and Lithuania's determination to expand ties has remained unchanged despite external threats," Chen said, adding that preparations for the Taiwan office were going "smoothly".
Only 15 countries officially recognize Taipei over Beijing, which claims the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory and has vowed to one day re-take it -- by force if needed.
Beijing tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage and baulks at any official use of the word "Taiwan" lest it lend the island a sense of international legitimacy.
Earlier this year Lithuania announced it was quitting China's 17+1 cooperation forum with central and eastern European states, calling it "divisive".
Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech and Poland all recently pledged to donate coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan.
Slovakia is also considering sending a delegation to Taiwan and Chen said the two sides will discuss the matter during next month's visit.
Politicians in the Czech Republic have also pushed for closer ties with Taiwan.
In 2019, Prague cancelled a sister-city agreement with Beijing and signed one with Taipei, while a high-profile visit to Taiwan last year by Czech senate leader Milos Vystrcil infuriated China.
Beijing has ramped up the pressure and poached seven of Taiwan's diplomatic allies since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen as she views the island as a de facto sovereign nation and not part of "one China".
Last year, Taiwan and Somaliland opened reciprocal representative offices using the title "Taiwan" for the first time, but unlike Lithuania, Somaliland has no diplomatic ties with Beijing.
It is also not recognized as a sovereign state by most nations.
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Issued on: 14/09/2021 - 09:40
A Taiwanese flag is seen at a national day protest. Beijing tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage Philip FONG AFP
Taipei (AFP)
A Taiwanese delegation of government officials and business people will visit Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, officials said Tuesday, defying Beijing's opposition to any diplomatic ties with Taipei.
The 65-member group will visit the three countries between October 20 and 30 to promote trade ties and investment, said Chen Li-kuo, chief of the Taiwanese foreign ministry's European affairs department.
"We have continued to deepen our relations with Central and Eastern European countries... in a demonstration of solidarity and friendship among international democratic partners," he told a virtual press briefing.
All three countries gave coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan and have shown signs of wanting closer relations with the island, even if that angers China.
Lithuania has led the way.
Taiwan announced in July it was setting up a representative office in Vilnius under the name "Taiwan" instead of "Taipei" -- a significant diplomatic departure from standard practice.
Beijing withdrew its ambassador to Lithuania and demanded Vilnius do the same, which it eventually did.
"Taiwan and Lithuania's determination to expand ties has remained unchanged despite external threats," Chen said, adding that preparations for the Taiwan office were going "smoothly".
Only 15 countries officially recognize Taipei over Beijing, which claims the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory and has vowed to one day re-take it -- by force if needed.
Beijing tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage and baulks at any official use of the word "Taiwan" lest it lend the island a sense of international legitimacy.
Earlier this year Lithuania announced it was quitting China's 17+1 cooperation forum with central and eastern European states, calling it "divisive".
Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech and Poland all recently pledged to donate coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan.
Slovakia is also considering sending a delegation to Taiwan and Chen said the two sides will discuss the matter during next month's visit.
Politicians in the Czech Republic have also pushed for closer ties with Taiwan.
In 2019, Prague cancelled a sister-city agreement with Beijing and signed one with Taipei, while a high-profile visit to Taiwan last year by Czech senate leader Milos Vystrcil infuriated China.
Beijing has ramped up the pressure and poached seven of Taiwan's diplomatic allies since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen as she views the island as a de facto sovereign nation and not part of "one China".
Last year, Taiwan and Somaliland opened reciprocal representative offices using the title "Taiwan" for the first time, but unlike Lithuania, Somaliland has no diplomatic ties with Beijing.
It is also not recognized as a sovereign state by most nations.
Taiwan delegation to visit Slovakia, Czech Republic and Lithuania - France 24
Taiwan delegation to visit Slovakia, Czech Republic and Lithuania
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Update: China once again calls on US to 'Stop official exchanges' with Taiwan.
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Update: China once again calls on US to 'Stop official exchanges' with Taiwan.
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Chinese mouthpiece warns of 'severe military measures' if US changes name of Taiwan office
Global Times threatens 'showdown' with US if Biden allows Taiwan's de facto embassy to change its name
By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2021/09/14 12:23
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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chinese state-run media on Sunday (Sept. 12) threatened that China would respond with "severe military measures" if the Biden administration allows Taiwanese officials to include "Taiwan" in the name of its de facto embassy in the U.S. capital.
The Financial Times on Saturday (Sept. 11) cited multiple sources as stating that the White House is "seriously considering" granting a request by Taiwan to change the name of its representative office in Washington from the “Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office” (TECRO) to the “Taiwan Representative Office.” On Sunday, Chinese government mouthpiece the Global Times posted an editorial threatening military and economic retaliation if the U.S. goes through with the planned name change.
The editorial claimed that such a change would signify an abandonment of the "one-China" policy by the U.S. It expressed concern that if the change was to go through, it could result in a domino effect of other countries altering the name of Taiwanese representative offices within their borders.
The author alleged that the Biden administration has deliberately leaked the information about the decision to "test the Chinese mainland's response." If Biden gives the plan a green light, the article warned that it would push the issue to "the tipping point of a showdown."
Like China's response to Lithuania's decision to set up a "Taiwan Representative Office" in the country, the editorial claimed that Beijing would at the very least respond by recalling its ambassador to the U.S. However, it warned that diplomatic measures would not be sufficient and that such a name change would cross China's Anti-Secession Law red line, spurring Beijing to take "severe economic and military measures to combat the arrogance" of the U.S. and Taiwan.
The economic measures suggested include sanctions on Taiwan and an "economic blockade." On the military front, the state-run outlet claimed the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) would dispatch fighter jets to fly over Taiwan and place the country's airspace under China's control.
According to the opinion piece, Taiwan's armed forces "will not dare to stop PLA fighter jets" from flying overhead. It claimed that if Taiwan's military opens fire, China will not hesitate to "give 'Taiwan independence' forces a decisive and destructive blow."
The writer then expressed fears that if the U.S. is not put in check, the next step could be an invitation for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to take part in Washington's upcoming "Summit for Democracy." The author then expressed worries about a cascade of American aggression, including U.S. warships docking in Taiwan, fighter planes landing on its bases, and troops stationed in the country.
Toward the end of the article, the bellicose rhetoric intensified with the threat that "sooner or later," the Taiwan Strait will be "plunged into a storm" that will drastically change the situation. It said China needed to be prepared to "blow them out of the water in the Taiwan Straits."
It described Biden's frequent use of the term "competition" to describe the relationship with China as "phrase mongering" and warned that such "competition" with Beijing over the Taiwan Strait "is bound to turn into a serious conflict."
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Global Times threatens 'showdown' with US if Biden allows Taiwan's de facto embassy to change its name
By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2021/09/14 12:23
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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chinese state-run media on Sunday (Sept. 12) threatened that China would respond with "severe military measures" if the Biden administration allows Taiwanese officials to include "Taiwan" in the name of its de facto embassy in the U.S. capital.
The Financial Times on Saturday (Sept. 11) cited multiple sources as stating that the White House is "seriously considering" granting a request by Taiwan to change the name of its representative office in Washington from the “Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office” (TECRO) to the “Taiwan Representative Office.” On Sunday, Chinese government mouthpiece the Global Times posted an editorial threatening military and economic retaliation if the U.S. goes through with the planned name change.
The editorial claimed that such a change would signify an abandonment of the "one-China" policy by the U.S. It expressed concern that if the change was to go through, it could result in a domino effect of other countries altering the name of Taiwanese representative offices within their borders.
The author alleged that the Biden administration has deliberately leaked the information about the decision to "test the Chinese mainland's response." If Biden gives the plan a green light, the article warned that it would push the issue to "the tipping point of a showdown."
Like China's response to Lithuania's decision to set up a "Taiwan Representative Office" in the country, the editorial claimed that Beijing would at the very least respond by recalling its ambassador to the U.S. However, it warned that diplomatic measures would not be sufficient and that such a name change would cross China's Anti-Secession Law red line, spurring Beijing to take "severe economic and military measures to combat the arrogance" of the U.S. and Taiwan.
The economic measures suggested include sanctions on Taiwan and an "economic blockade." On the military front, the state-run outlet claimed the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) would dispatch fighter jets to fly over Taiwan and place the country's airspace under China's control.
According to the opinion piece, Taiwan's armed forces "will not dare to stop PLA fighter jets" from flying overhead. It claimed that if Taiwan's military opens fire, China will not hesitate to "give 'Taiwan independence' forces a decisive and destructive blow."
The writer then expressed fears that if the U.S. is not put in check, the next step could be an invitation for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to take part in Washington's upcoming "Summit for Democracy." The author then expressed worries about a cascade of American aggression, including U.S. warships docking in Taiwan, fighter planes landing on its bases, and troops stationed in the country.
Toward the end of the article, the bellicose rhetoric intensified with the threat that "sooner or later," the Taiwan Strait will be "plunged into a storm" that will drastically change the situation. It said China needed to be prepared to "blow them out of the water in the Taiwan Straits."
It described Biden's frequent use of the term "competition" to describe the relationship with China as "phrase mongering" and warned that such "competition" with Beijing over the Taiwan Strait "is bound to turn into a serious conflict."
Chinese mouthpiece warns of 'severe military measures' if US changes name of Taiwan office | Taiwan News | 2021-09-14 12:23:00
Global Times threatens 'showdown' with US if Biden allows Taiwan's de facto embassy to change its name | 2021-09-14 12:23:00
www.taiwannews.com.tw
So was this a slip of the tongue or a back handed policy statement, and if so from whom in the Triumvirate?
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Do I see hardpoints on the deck of that cutter for just that? I'm no expert, but that's what it looks like to me.
I wonder if we'll see a pic soon with new equipment in place...
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Are you sure about that?
That's for dang sure.
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Slip or not we are heading into a dangerous situation
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N.K. media slams U.S. for meddling in Taiwan issues, voices support for 'One China policy'
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I did not realize we trained folks from the Singapore air force until I seen the aircraft on flight tracker for the last couple weeks flying out of Mt. Home.
COLONEL ERNESTO M. DIVITTORIO > Mountain Home Air Force Base > Display (af.mil)
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September 14, 2021
Xi Jinping Is Slowly Restoring the Imperial Chinese Regime
By Stephen B. Young
On September 9, American President Joe Biden – as a supplicant – called China’s President Xi Jinping. Junior Chinese officials had refused to have substantive, respectful, discussions with President Biden’s subordinates. For example, with former American presidential candidate and Secretary of State John Kerry, the Chinese side offered only a video link for his conversations with Vice-Premier Han Zheng and Foreign Minister Wang Li, even though Kerry was in Tianjin.
The Chinese refused the Americans’ request that the two nations respond jointly to global warming separate from the other aspects of their difficult relationship. The Chinese side demanded that the United States, without any criticism, respect and submit to China’s values and priorities.
Just a week previously, as the United States was getting kicked out of Afghanistan, China’s Maritime Safety Administration announced that, as of September 1, all ships seeking to transit the South China Sea would be required to register their passage with the Administration, thus asserting that the South China Sea was China’s domestic waters subject to Chinese sovereign authority.
Such an assertion can henceforth easily serve China as a casus belli – a just reason for going to war against any nation that refuses to accept such Chinese authority.
This remarkable demand, unprecedented in history, applies to all ships supporting the economies of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan with imports of oil and exports of goods in transit through the South China Sea. Accepting the Chinese regulation would reduce these counties into dependents on Chinese goodwill and patronage, in some degree of vassalage.
In recent years, China has deployed perhaps as many as 3,000 nuclear missiles with independently targeted warheads. China has thus shifted its military strategy from one of deterrence toward one of global dominance, with the capability to win nuclear wars. Governments with such striking power are more likely to be tempted into striking first if war seems inevitable.
On August 24, the Chinese Ministry of Education announced that "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era " will be incorporated into the national curriculum. The Ministry affirmed that Incorporating Xi Jinping Thought into the curriculum will be “significant in helping teenagers establish Marxist beliefs and strengthen confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics”. Studying Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the primary political task of the Communist Party of China and of the country.
The guiding document requires that Xi Jinping Thought be integrated into curricula covering basic, vocational, and higher education, and be integrated with various subjects. Primary schools will focus on cultivating love for the country, the Communist Party of China, and socialism. In middle schools, the focus will be on a combination of perceptual experience and knowledge study, to help students form basic political judgments and opinions. In college, there will be more emphasis on the establishment of theoretical thinking.
The teaching materials must grasp the essence of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, systematically summarize its content, and clarify the scope of learning, read the statement. Also formulated are guidelines on labor education for students to cultivate their hard-working spirit, and on education of national security.
Domestically, the Chinese Communist Party, acting through the government, has limited video gaming for young Chinese to three 3 hours a week – one hour each on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Control of the internet will permit the state to track who uses video games.
In further control over the culture of young Chinese, the Party has called on media to marginalize pop icons, “fandom” and promotion of “effeminate male stars”.
Eighteen institutes for the study of Xi Jinping Thought have been established to interpret and promote the thought of President Xi. Such institutes have been placed in significant centers of the Chinese ruling elite: the Central Party School, Ministry of Education, Academy of Social Sciences, National Defense University, Peking, Tsinghua, and Renmin universities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong Province, and the China Law Society. (The Economist, August 28, p.34)
The Xi Jinping Thought Center of the China Law Society works on implementing the teaching that the Party leads the courts so that notions of separation of powers and judicial independence are alien to “Chinese characteristics” and so heretical.
All these developments share a common purpose and are interdependent. Collectively and individually, they embody the spirit and practice of the traditional Chinese imperial order.
That order posits that above there is a Heaven (Tian) and on Earth one Son of Heaven (Tianzi) who provides order for the world and everyone in it (the Tian xia or All-Under-Heaven).
China is becoming once again a theocracy with Heaven as its God and Xi Jinping as its chief priest -- and the rest of us as subjects of the Most High which acts through its Chief Priest. This theocracy was largely invented by one Mozi (470 – c. 391 BC).
Stephen B. Young is author of The Tradition of Human Rights in China and Vietnam and Global Executive Director, the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism.
To comment, you can find the MeWe post for this article here.
Xi Jinping Is Slowly Restoring the Imperial Chinese Regime
On September 9, American President Joe Biden – as a supplicant – called China’s President Xi Jinping. Junior Chinese officials had refused to have substantive, respectful, discussions with President Biden’s subordinates. ...
September 14, 2021
Xi Jinping Is Slowly Restoring the Imperial Chinese Regime
By Stephen B. Young
On September 9, American President Joe Biden – as a supplicant – called China’s President Xi Jinping. Junior Chinese officials had refused to have substantive, respectful, discussions with President Biden’s subordinates. For example, with former American presidential candidate and Secretary of State John Kerry, the Chinese side offered only a video link for his conversations with Vice-Premier Han Zheng and Foreign Minister Wang Li, even though Kerry was in Tianjin.
The Chinese refused the Americans’ request that the two nations respond jointly to global warming separate from the other aspects of their difficult relationship. The Chinese side demanded that the United States, without any criticism, respect and submit to China’s values and priorities.
Just a week previously, as the United States was getting kicked out of Afghanistan, China’s Maritime Safety Administration announced that, as of September 1, all ships seeking to transit the South China Sea would be required to register their passage with the Administration, thus asserting that the South China Sea was China’s domestic waters subject to Chinese sovereign authority.
Such an assertion can henceforth easily serve China as a casus belli – a just reason for going to war against any nation that refuses to accept such Chinese authority.
This remarkable demand, unprecedented in history, applies to all ships supporting the economies of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan with imports of oil and exports of goods in transit through the South China Sea. Accepting the Chinese regulation would reduce these counties into dependents on Chinese goodwill and patronage, in some degree of vassalage.
In recent years, China has deployed perhaps as many as 3,000 nuclear missiles with independently targeted warheads. China has thus shifted its military strategy from one of deterrence toward one of global dominance, with the capability to win nuclear wars. Governments with such striking power are more likely to be tempted into striking first if war seems inevitable.
On August 24, the Chinese Ministry of Education announced that "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era " will be incorporated into the national curriculum. The Ministry affirmed that Incorporating Xi Jinping Thought into the curriculum will be “significant in helping teenagers establish Marxist beliefs and strengthen confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics”. Studying Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the primary political task of the Communist Party of China and of the country.
The guiding document requires that Xi Jinping Thought be integrated into curricula covering basic, vocational, and higher education, and be integrated with various subjects. Primary schools will focus on cultivating love for the country, the Communist Party of China, and socialism. In middle schools, the focus will be on a combination of perceptual experience and knowledge study, to help students form basic political judgments and opinions. In college, there will be more emphasis on the establishment of theoretical thinking.
The teaching materials must grasp the essence of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, systematically summarize its content, and clarify the scope of learning, read the statement. Also formulated are guidelines on labor education for students to cultivate their hard-working spirit, and on education of national security.
Domestically, the Chinese Communist Party, acting through the government, has limited video gaming for young Chinese to three 3 hours a week – one hour each on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Control of the internet will permit the state to track who uses video games.
In further control over the culture of young Chinese, the Party has called on media to marginalize pop icons, “fandom” and promotion of “effeminate male stars”.
Eighteen institutes for the study of Xi Jinping Thought have been established to interpret and promote the thought of President Xi. Such institutes have been placed in significant centers of the Chinese ruling elite: the Central Party School, Ministry of Education, Academy of Social Sciences, National Defense University, Peking, Tsinghua, and Renmin universities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong Province, and the China Law Society. (The Economist, August 28, p.34)
The Xi Jinping Thought Center of the China Law Society works on implementing the teaching that the Party leads the courts so that notions of separation of powers and judicial independence are alien to “Chinese characteristics” and so heretical.
All these developments share a common purpose and are interdependent. Collectively and individually, they embody the spirit and practice of the traditional Chinese imperial order.
That order posits that above there is a Heaven (Tian) and on Earth one Son of Heaven (Tianzi) who provides order for the world and everyone in it (the Tian xia or All-Under-Heaven).
China is becoming once again a theocracy with Heaven as its God and Xi Jinping as its chief priest -- and the rest of us as subjects of the Most High which acts through its Chief Priest. This theocracy was largely invented by one Mozi (470 – c. 391 BC).
Stephen B. Young is author of The Tradition of Human Rights in China and Vietnam and Global Executive Director, the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism.
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Fighter jets test roads-to-runways strategy in Taiwan war games
A Ching-kuo indigenous defence fighter jet takes off from a converted highway in southern Taiwan as part of the island’s annual military exercises. Photo: CNA
Taiwanese President
Tsai Ing-wen
has praised the dramatic landing of three fighter jets on a makeshift runway in the rural southern county of Pingtung on Wednesday.
The jets – an F-16, a French-made Mirage and a Ching-kuo indigenous defence fighter – landed on the highway strip, one of five specially designed for rapid conversion from road to runway, as part of annual drills aimed at preparing for a possible attack from mainland Chinese forces. They were accompanied by an E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft.
China has been ramping up
military pressure
against the island it claims as “sacred” Chinese territory, hoping to force Taipei to accept Beijing’s sovereignty, including with repeated exercises near
Taiwan
.
Tsai, who was re-elected by a landslide last year on a pledge to stand up to Beijing, has made modernising Taiwan’s mainly US-equipped military a priority, turning it into a “porcupine”, both highly mobile and hard to attack.
“Such splendid combat skills and rapid and real actions come from solid everyday training and also demonstrate the confidence of the Republic of China Air Force in defending its airspace,” Tsai wrote on Facebook, referencing Taiwan’s formal name.
The emergency highway runways across the island can be pressed into service in the event a Chinese attack takes out air force bases, meaning the air force will still be able to operate.
Most of Taiwan’s airbases are on its flat west coast, facing the mainland, and would be likely to come under almost immediate heavy missile and aerial bombardment in case of war. The emergency highway runways are intended to keep the air force operating in these circumstances.
Observers gather near the highway to watch the fighter jets and accompanying early warning aircraft during Taiwan’s annual military exercises. Photo: CNA
Taiwan’s mountainous east coast is home to two other airbases, with hangers hewn deep into the rock, providing much more solid protection.
The week-long Han Kuang drills are taking place around Taiwan. Other exercises include repelling an invasion, protecting critical infrastructure and night operations.
Taiwan’s air force scrambles on an almost daily basis to intercept PLA air craft flying into the island’s air defence zone, mostly close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top part of the South China Sea.
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- Dramatic landing on makeshift runway is latest in the island’s annual week-long war games
- There are five highways which can be converted quickly into landing strips in case of possible attack on Taiwanese airbases
A Ching-kuo indigenous defence fighter jet takes off from a converted highway in southern Taiwan as part of the island’s annual military exercises. Photo: CNA
Taiwanese President
Tsai Ing-wen
has praised the dramatic landing of three fighter jets on a makeshift runway in the rural southern county of Pingtung on Wednesday.
The jets – an F-16, a French-made Mirage and a Ching-kuo indigenous defence fighter – landed on the highway strip, one of five specially designed for rapid conversion from road to runway, as part of annual drills aimed at preparing for a possible attack from mainland Chinese forces. They were accompanied by an E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft.
China has been ramping up
military pressure
against the island it claims as “sacred” Chinese territory, hoping to force Taipei to accept Beijing’s sovereignty, including with repeated exercises near
Taiwan
.
Tsai, who was re-elected by a landslide last year on a pledge to stand up to Beijing, has made modernising Taiwan’s mainly US-equipped military a priority, turning it into a “porcupine”, both highly mobile and hard to attack.
“Such splendid combat skills and rapid and real actions come from solid everyday training and also demonstrate the confidence of the Republic of China Air Force in defending its airspace,” Tsai wrote on Facebook, referencing Taiwan’s formal name.
The emergency highway runways across the island can be pressed into service in the event a Chinese attack takes out air force bases, meaning the air force will still be able to operate.
Most of Taiwan’s airbases are on its flat west coast, facing the mainland, and would be likely to come under almost immediate heavy missile and aerial bombardment in case of war. The emergency highway runways are intended to keep the air force operating in these circumstances.
Observers gather near the highway to watch the fighter jets and accompanying early warning aircraft during Taiwan’s annual military exercises. Photo: CNA
Taiwan’s mountainous east coast is home to two other airbases, with hangers hewn deep into the rock, providing much more solid protection.
The week-long Han Kuang drills are taking place around Taiwan. Other exercises include repelling an invasion, protecting critical infrastructure and night operations.
Taiwan’s air force scrambles on an almost daily basis to intercept PLA air craft flying into the island’s air defence zone, mostly close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top part of the South China Sea.
Fighter jets test roads-to-runways strategy in Taiwan war games
Dramatic landing on makeshift runway is latest in the island’s annual week-long war games.
www.scmp.com
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TheDoberman
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People keep talking about a timeframe for action by the PLA as being years away. I just don't see how that's probable. Why would they constantly run flights into Taiwan airspace if they weren't willing to go to war now? Why would they risk a potential economic armageddon if they weren't ready for this. They seem to be shutting their country down to the outside world. To me all the cards seem to indicate this thing happens in the next year or less(potentially anytime). It also seems like the Western world is starting to turn the screws down on China. Seems like China is done playing the face game and ready to act.
danielboon
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Situation in the North Natuna Sea U.S.: Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group. CHINA: 1 Type 052D destroyer, 1 Type 054A friagate, 2 Coast Guard vessels... INDONESIA: 4 Navy ships, 2 Bakamla patrol vessels...
Duan Dang
@duandang
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Situation in the North Natuna Sea U.S.: Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group. CHINA: 1 Type 052D destroyer, 1 Type 054A friagate, 2 Coast Guard vessels... INDONESIA: 4 Navy ships, 2 Bakamla patrol vessels...
