The US is playing a dangerous game of putting a public face on a policy of defending Taiwan from China, for which it has zero capability to implement. Following a recent escalation of tensions between Beijing and Taipei, Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to pursue “reunification” with Taiwan by peaceful means and warned […]
The post The US Cannot Defend Taiwan, and China Knows It first appeared on Dissident Voice.
21WIRE + Reuters | Surprise show of force by Chinese air force triggers outrage from Taiwan and its US backers.
Brian Berletic | There is no doubt that the latest move, led by the US and Britain, is a signal to China that elevated tensions will be the new normal.
Australia has just caused surprise among its friends, concern among its neighbours, and an overtly hostile reaction from the Chinese with its announcement that it was scrapping the submarine deal it had signed with France and replacing it with a scheme, cooked together with British and American allies, to buy 8 nuclear powered submarines. The […]
Why Isn’t the Whole World Screaming “STOP!”? Right now, the neocons that Biden has surrounded himself with are threatening to […]
The post Pentagon Lobby Is Pushing Biden into Game of “Chicken” Over Taiwan That Could Lead to WW III appeared first on CovertAction Magazine.
By William Walter Kay BA JD | Principia Scientific | September 9, 2021 Contrast Covid’s impact on four East Asian countries (Taiwan, Singapore, Japan and South Korea) with its impact on four US Northeastern states (New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut). All eight jurisdictions host high-tech societies with market-orientated economies and democratic constitutions. All […]
By overstating China’s military readiness to launch an attack on Taiwan – and downplaying its own ability to withstand it – the opportunistic Taipei government is trying hard to attract more backing from the US and its allies. Taiwan’s parliament has just delivered its annual report on the capability of China’s military to launch an attack on the island. The document was[Read More...]
Known as “America’s leading Taiwan hand,” Richard C. Bush has helped preserve peace between Beijing and Taipei. But as Washington moved toward conflict, he suddenly shifted his position. Why did the top think tank Taiwan specialist ignore a longstanding U.S. policy that blocked any move by the Taiwanese leader that might have disrupted the political basis for China-Taiwan cooperation? And why did he give a free pass to the leader of Taiwan’s separatist party? An investigation into that turnabout by […]
