be it one month, one year or two years, China announces that it has taken over the islands of Jinmeng (金門) and Mazhu (馬祖) after a bloodless invasion overnight. Penghu (澎湖) is the next target. Plans for a full-scale invasion of the island of Taiwan have long...
Does that sound like the United States will not support, defend Taiwan if China decides to invade? DIMITRI ALPEROVITCH: No. The One China policy means that we are for the status quo. We're not for forceful reunification or unification with Taiwan or else do not support Taiwan de...
How Russia-Ukraine war is affecting China's view on Taiwan: "The Chinese were not ever going to view the situation in Ukraine as an opportunity, while the U.S. and the West are distracted, to invade Taiwan ... My sense is the only way it's really affected China's view, and it's...
Before resorting to military action, Xi will likely exert maximum pressure to force Taiwan into “unification” without war. A crisis on the Korean Peninsula or a Russian failure in Ukraine could tighten his timeline. The bottom line is, Xi may not want to invade Taiwan as the leader of ...
A frequent complaint made by North Korea is that South Korea is a puppet regime of the US, which wants it to invade the north. This leads to North Korea pursuing its military First, Second and Third policies, meaning other aspects of society are neglected. This surely is not the way forw...
U.S. General Wedemeyer in China complained of a "British and French plan to reestablish their pre-war political and economic positions in Southeast Asia" and said they were using American supplies to "invade Indochina...and re-establish French imperialism. In the response from Washington, Wedem...
weapon of false information. It recalls the successful disinformation campaign launched by neoconservatives in the George W. Bush administration about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Although such weapons of mass destruction were never found, the US used them as excuses to invade Iraq ...
Especially things that invade my subconscious. December 2019 –China alerted WHO China’s early conventional efforts seemed unsuccessful in halting the spread of the disease. Then on Jan. 23rd and after only 17 deaths, the Chinese government took the astonishing step...
George W Bush made up the WMD thing to invade Iraq, as we all have witnessed. All this is bigger deal than a mob torching police station on a “roadside news” rumor – none of the people linked to the case have connection with any party offical, and 3 autopsy have confirmed the ...
airspace, how is America going to come to your aid if we invade Taiwan, or take land from India, or take islands from the Philippines and Japan?’” Still, Rubio told CNN that he is “not sure there should be a direct individual consequence,” for the Chinese incursion into US ...