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Originally published by ZeroHedge
Immediately on the heels of reports that the Biden administration is mulling going public with intelligence which it says shows China is poised to begin providing lethal aid to Russia (while at the same time acknowledging that no final decision has been made), the United States is set to more than quadruple its troop presence on the self-ruled island of Taiwan.
The troop surge would be done all in the name of an existent limited “training program” for Taiwanese partner forces, but sources in The Wall Street Journal cite the “rising threat from China”. Again, the timing of the two reports emerging back to back in The Wall Street Journal is interesting, suggesting a connection as the two sides clash and test red lines on a variety of intersecting security issues.
First, US intelligence officials floated a clear warning against Beijing considering sending weapons to Moscow, and in follow-up an expanded US military presence in Taiwan is revealed. Certainly China will bristle at the fresh Washington pressure coming from both angles. Tensions have also boiled over the ‘spy balloon’ shootdown saga from earlier this month.
And on Thursday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg added his voice, saying that the Western military alliance sees signs that “China is considering and may be planning to send arms to Russia.”
The WSJ details of the question of more troops positioned in Taiwan, “The U.S. plans to deploy between 100 and 200 troops to the island in the coming months, up from roughly 30 there a year ago, according to U.S. officials.”
It continues: “The larger force will expand a training program the Pentagon has taken pains not to publicize as the U.S. works to provide Taipei with the capabilities it needs to defend itself without provoking Beijing.” But going suddenly from dozens of troops to hundreds is without doubt going to provoke Beijing’s wrath, also after last August’s unprecedented island-encircling drills in response to Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taipei.
According to further details in the report:
The number of American troops, which has included special-operations forces and U.S. Marines, has fluctuated by a handful during the past few years, according to Defense Department data. The planned increase would be the largest deployment of forces in decades by the U.S. on Taiwan, as the two draw closer to counter China’s growing military power.
China has meanwhile joined Russia in charging that the US and NATO have thwarted efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis peacefully. This week’s visit to Moscow of China’s top diplomat Wang Yi emphasized precisely that Beijing sees its role as one of a peace-broker, while declaring that China and Russia are “like-minded partners”.
Analysts cited in Financial Times say of China’s strategy in pushing a plan for future negotiated settlement:
“Yes, they want better relations with Europe, but they also don’t want this war to go in a direction where Russia is completely defeated,” said Yun Sun, a China expert at the Stimson Center think-tank in Washington.
While Beijing has not floated any firm details about its peace proposal, the foreign ministry has said it will reaffirm Xi’s earlier calls to respect sovereignty and territorial integrity, “take seriously the legitimate security concerns of all countries”, uphold the UN Charter and avoid nuclear war.
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Also on this note, Rabobank writes the following in preview of expected events Friday…
Tomorrow sees the China peace plan for Ukraine. On that note, look at this quote from the Global Times: “Since Kiev is deeply influenced by Washington, which is not interested in an immediate cease-fire but prefers a prolonged conflict to keep undermining Moscow and change the status quo by force, it is really hard to see a feasible formula for peace that both sides can accept. Peace may arrive only after more casualties and damage in the battlefields make at least one side change their mind.” Is that an implied threat to help Russia or resignation? Foreign Minister Wang Yi just underlined China-Russia ties are “rock solid”, and “no matter how the international situation changes, China is willing to maintain the sound development momentum on the new model of major-country relationship with Russia”. The Russians said the two countries favour building “a more just world order, and welcome the rise of the number of states which choose the path of free, sovereign development based on their identity and traditions.”
The stooges in Washington will make their nightmare about China arming Russia come true with this new stunt. China won’t be intimidated.
China is intimidated. All they will do is exploit the situation, they will provide no help what so ever.
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Any activity on Taiwan by the US is considered an insult to the CCP although a military response now may not happen China may respond to the insults now and with certainty in the future as a Taiwan that is not a part of China is an enemy of China.
China’s response will be to pump weapons into Russia and Iran. =)
China will just buy oil at a discount, they will never lift a finger to help the Russians or Iranians.
I don’t think the US going to use Taiwan to attack China, Taiwan is a small island and guess what China has biggest naval force in the world. China can block Taiwan and attack with long range missiles or their war ships. It would take a few months and Taiwan would be done for, just remember that Ukraine is right next door to the EU and they are having a hard time getting weapons shipped to Ukraine (and the fact that they are running low of weapons/etc). Taiwan will be used at some point but it wouldn’t be the main country which the US would use to attack China. That is all PR work by the US.
Taiwan is part of China, the US going to send weapons and such but other countries can’t do such things. So which country the US is going to use to fight China? I say it is India, remember both countries dislike each others and have border dispute.
Also, have you notice how the West doesn’t go after India for buying weapons from Russia? Something is going down in India sooner or later (maybe a few years after Ukraine war, maybe sooner).
Astute observations on your part.
India won’t do anything with China. You don’t understand geography. There are huge mountain ranges between the two giants. Thousands of years past with very few small wars between them. A major war between China and India, won’t happen.
I agree. India knows better than to start a war with China! Yes, the countries are often rivals and the rhetoric is at times hot, but “the countries hate each other” (JJ345) is a bit childish. Yes, India also recently built an aircraft carrier but that, like its Chinese counterpart, is petrol fuelled, hence only suited (and intended) for the defense of coastal waters.
My bad, I worded that poorly, Indian government and Chinese government see each other as enemy (and lovers I have to say). Also, I’m not saying that; “A new poll shows that Indians largely see China as the country’s greatest military threat.” (2023).
Hmm I wonder why Indians see China as military threat, I guess they also “don’t understand anything about geography” like me – going by how that guy sees it.
You did understand better tho, like how NATO arming Ukraine and really planning attacks against Russia force under cover of Ukrainian flag, India would be one of the main supplier of weapons to the US ally puppet that might fight a real war against China.
1. The Sino-Indian War did happened and both countries trained their military to deal for such scenarios for years. Note that India suffered a humiliating defeat.
2. I didn’t say India would be alone in this war but it would be one the main, as I said it would start with Taiwan and other puppet Asian countries join the war. India is not building massive army for no good reasons, the only country that can real face off with India is China. “A new poll shows that Indians largely see China as the country’s greatest military threat.” (2023)
2.1. India is building military road along border with China, and Indian government for a long time claimed China is their biggest enemy and not Pakistan. “India build a military strong enough to deter China.”
3. The reason for those two countries not have many wars is not only due to their geography, but their governments and the fact that both countries HAD to start building their countries. Fun fact China is one of India’s biggest trading partners – that alone would make both side to think before doing anything stupid.
4. I do agree with that things aren’t heading toward war between them YET, as I said something is going down in India sooner or later. What happened to Ukraine again?
This news came out not to long ago (yesterday) “Indian, Chinese officials hold talks on border standoff in Beijing. It’s a first”.
The USA won’t go after India directly for not sanctioning Russia. The Anglo’s will create havoc (i.e. fund terrorists) in Afghanistan and Pakistan to harm India’s regional integration plans. In the meantime, the USA depends on India to buy Russian oil to bypass their own sanctions: https://orientalreview.org/2023/02/10/the-state-department-slapped-down-kievs-demand-for-the-us-to-sanction-india/
The Americans are deeply involved in Indian domestic politics, they are already well on there way to getting a more favorable government installed.
I agree with you for most part but British and yanquis are deeply involved in Indian society as well. Like I said in the end, I also don’t fully believe India would fight China but if something happens that force them to do such we might see another war. None of the US puppets can fight China – even if they join together, for that the US/NATO needs to get India involved.
But this news came out not to long ago (yesterday) “Indian, Chinese officials hold talks on border standoff in Beijing. It’s a first”. <- which doesn't seems anything coming out of it. TLDR both side bitching.
This is what Islamists want to happen actually.
Why would the US want Taiwan then? Would this only be for its diamonds oil, gold and humans for the sex slave trade and body parts? Like estate agents say location location location.
Taiwan is the excuse for this war. No other countries in Asia have a real problem with China, name one country in Asia or close to China that might have a good reason to fight China (war).
The US is going to use Taiwan to start a bigger war in Asia, Taiwan is nothing but a smokescreen. The US is starting this war, you see how they say such as, “We have to protect Taiwan freedom” or “China is a bully that is attacking Taiwan”. Those are all lies, Taiwan is part of China – the end. Also, remember Cuban missile crisis? You think the US can arm Taiwan full with weapons and ask China do nothing about it?
Everyone knows what is going on. Remember one thing, the US is saying “the free world must bla bla bla” The US puppets getting into this war against China what that really means.
And most folks on the street in Taiwan will not fight to defend Taiwan, they think it is impossible to stop China and some say it is America’s job to fight China and protect Taiwan, others say they will just become refugees in America, Canada, etc. In short, not worth sending American boys there to fight folks who won’t fight for their own land.
Well, hasn’t China quadrupled its troop presence in the US?
What are you smoking?
They have more than quadrupled their presence on US Soil, more than 400,000 spies here now stealing technology daily
This is propaganda to insigate an increase in tensions. Is likely a response to China’s planned peace proposal. Stupid and childish ploy, but that’s what we get to put up with, until we stop putting up with it.
The real dummies here are the Taiwanese-Chinese. Conspiring with another race against your own kind.
The hubris and hypocrisy of the USA & NATO mouthpieces is off the charts. Is anyone even paying attention? The USA/NATO supplies arms to Ukraine, Taiwan, ISIS, terrorist groups worldwide etc… China is a “Sovereign” country. China can supply arms to whomever she wishes.
While I don’t think China is any threat to the US, i.e. militarily, I think China is a threat. To freedom. Mostly that of its own citizens. The social credit system there already prevents millions of people to travel by train or airplane, among many other things. People are regularly subjected to arbitrary confinement (“Covid”) often in a most brutal way. While the US’ sabre rattling against China is ill-founded, i.e. there is no military threat from China, inside, China is a nightmare for many.
Do you know Brian Berletic (Tony Cartalucci)? He did a whole video about CIA funded/linked anti-China dogs. The main enemy of the US/West is China no matter how you look at it and for years the US/West funded this groups where they lie about China none stop (China = bad no matter what).
Let’s see, Covid-19 BS wasn’t different than China in the West at all, matter of fact it is some-what understandable China do such things but not Western countries (which they did). Freedom? January 6 United States “Capitol attack”, those people are blacklisted and were call terrorists (that happened in the US BTW not China). The US… you know the country that love “pissfull I mean peaceful protesters around the world”, called their own citizen terrorists for protesting.
Blacklist/s, every country has one (or more) and they don’t want you to know, remember the 1.9 million records from the FBI’s terrorist watchlist leaked online? THERE IS A GOOD REASON WHY THEY DON’T WANT some people to travel to or from the country. The US/West funded so many NGOs in China and I would bloody blacklisted all of them if I was in their shoes as well, for good reasons.
It depends on how you see it, yeah for some China is a “nightmare” but for many they are like another country. I’m not going to act like a child and say I care about others, where they live or how their life is because it is pointless. The US force Afghanis into the Taliban hands after 20 years killing them and they are laughing killing them by mass with sanctioning the country. I guess fuk China…idk.
Communist China did bad things in the past but now they are trying to move away from that.
Good, the Chinese are even bigger pussies then the Muscovites.
Práve o takomto niečom som už niekde písal. Že Čína mala teraz začať ŠVO na pripojenie Taiwanu k Číne skôr ako sa tam nahrnú okupanti z USA!!! A už sa to začalo.
Taiwan as an island is vulnerable in any conflict it can be blockaded same as Japan!