As China's military ambitions surge

Can the world turn back the tide?

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So, Taiwan is preparing for war  against China. I mean, it should.

The Chinese Communist Party  has vowed to conquer Taiwan.

And Chinese jets have been  harrassing Taiwan constantly.

In mid June, China sent a record  28 fighter jets toward Taiwan.

And recently China deployed stealth fighter jets  

to their military units that  monitor the Taiwan Strait.

That deployment was announced  on Chinese state-run media.  

Which seems kind of counterproductive,  since they're supposed to be stealth jets.  

“Look at how stealthy our jets are!  Here's exactly where we're sending them!” 

But the Chinese military's increasing  incursions on Taiwan's airspace  

have put a tremendous strain on the Taiwanese  military, as well as the Taiwanese people.

Now, in an interview with CNN,  Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu  

says Taiwan is preparing for war.

(We need to prepare ourselves  for a possible conflict… 

We hope it doesn't happen. War between  Taiwan and China is in nobody's interest… 

At a time when China is trying to  expand its authoritarian influence  

Taiwan is on the front line.

China's expanding authoritarian influence is  exactly why the US has been increasing support for  

Taiwan. That's true of both the Trump and Biden  administrations. And that tells you something.

Recently, “The U.S. and Taiwan  agreed to hold regular talks  

on issues ranging from technology supply  chains to meat imports following their  

first Trade and Investment Framework  Agreement meeting in five years.”

And Taiwan is pushing for a  free trade deal with the US.

Obviously the Chinese Communist  Party is not happy about any of this.  

It interferes with their plan to make Taiwan  completely dependent on China economically.

Actually, that's pretty much their  plan for the rest of the world, too.

Anyway, the Communist Party has particularly been  targeting Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu .

Party member Zhu Fenglian, who's a spokeswoman  for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, said “Joseph Wu  

has repeatedly and arrogantly  provoked 'Taiwan independence.'”

“We will take all necessary  measures to severely punish  

such 'Taiwan independence' diehards  for life in accordance with the law.”

Taiwan independence? Taiwan *is* independent.  That's why it's not under Communist control.  

As for the threats, Minister Wu has this to say.

They cannot tolerate Truth. And  if they keep saying they want to  

pursue me for the rest of my life, I'm not  really concerned about that. So for that,  

I think it's an honor to be  targeted by the Chinese government.

I like this guy.

A Chinese Communist occupation of Taiwan  would be a disaster for the Taiwanese people.  

Look at what's happened to Hong Kongers. And Hong Kong was never even a fully independent  

democracy. To transform the democratic Taiwan into  a part of the authoritarian PRC would be brutal.

Which is why many countries  are concerned about Taiwan.

Japan's deputy defense minister says Taiwan  must be protected as a democratic country.

And yes, he called Taiwan the c-word. Country.

He also said the world needs to “wake  up” to China's threat to Taiwan.

China responded by saying his comments were  “highly sinister, dangerous and irresponsible”.

What's really sinister and dangerous is  the Communist Party's military ambitions  

in the South China Sea. All of  China's neighbors are worried.

Chinese warplanes have skirted  Malaysia, aimed at showing dominance.

Indonesia and the US are  building a multimillion dollar  

maritime training center  together to counter China.

And the US State Department just  approved a multibillion dollar arms  

deal with the Philippines, the biggest one yet.

And that's specifically to “enhance the  Philippines' 'minimum deterrence' capability  

as it grapples with an ever-more  assertive China in its adjacent waters”.

Meanwhile, the USS Ronald Reagan  

has entered the South China Sea for  routine freedom of navigation operations.

This does not necessarily mean war will happen.  

If a strong deterrence can be maintained, that's  actually the best hope we have of preventing the  

Chinese regime from starting a war against  Taiwan or in the South China Sea. But that  

all depends on whether the world truly wakes up  to the threat of the Chinese Communist Party.

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