Trump Predicts China Will Invade Taiwan
A pair of Newsweek headlines caught my eye tonight.
Donald Trump Predicts ‘China’s Going to Be Next,’ Will Invade Taiwan
There are no details to the first headline. The second has details worth discussing.
China Claims Taiwan As Its Own as Russia Tests World With Ukraine
On Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters Taiwan is “for sure is not Ukraine.” Hua claimed the territory for China, calling it an “inalienable part” of the country, a belief that Hua labeled an “indisputable historical and legal fact.” It’s a talking point China’s held firm to despite pressure from Western leaders to respect Taiwan’s sovereignty.
“It is common knowledge that the Taiwan question was caused by a civil war, and there is political confrontation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait due to that civil war. However, China’s sovereignty and territory have never been divided and cannot be divided. This is the status quo of the Taiwan question,” Hua said.The China claim is nothing new. That has been its position forever.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed historic ownership of Ukraine during a speech on February 21. He claimed Ukraine has no identity outside of Russia, as it was “entirely created” by the Russian communist party after Vladimir Lenin came to power and criticized the Soviet leader for giving away territory that Russia had a rightful claim to.
Test of Biden
China has been saying these things forever, but is this this seemed timed to throw fat on the geopolitical fires.
It’s also a test of Biden who already has his hands full on many fronts, foreign and domestic.
This post originated on MishTalk.Com.
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More shortages and inflation on the way. They can hike now without worrying about the effect on the market.
Just to
make your morning happier, Putin has threatened any country that helps Ukraine
with untold consequences. The interpretation is that
Putin is willing to go nuclear if he doesn’t get his way. It is in Russian
military doctrine to use nuclear weapons to deescalate a military conflict in
their favour of course. It is being taken very seriously over here.
“The second component of Russia’s nuclear posture entails using tactical nuclear weapons to deter large scale conventional war, and is often called the “escalate to de-escalate” doctrine. It conceives of nuclear weapons as usable instruments in a conventional conflict, to be used if Russia is engaged in a conflict that it cannot win in favourable conditions conventionally or when the security of the state is endangered. The “escalate to de-escalate” doctrine entails Russian use of tactical nuclear weapons in a conventional battlefield to arrive at a political settlement, without escalating in a full-fledged nuclear war or large scale regional war. It presumes that when faced with the use of tactical nuclear weapons, an adversary unwilling to escalate would cease all hostilities and attempt to compromise with Moscow. However, this strategy is a double-edged sword: if ready and willing to escalate, the adversary could trigger a large scale nuclear retaliation or counter-offensive, at Russia’s detriment.”