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Originally Posted by mapuc
As I see it every politician who wants to visit Taiwan should have the right to do so.
However. With the knowledge on how the Chinese react when some high ranked politician visit Taiwan-One could get the impression USA is seeking a showdown with China.
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Its insisting on what is legal and right. The will to escalate lies in Bejing.
I have the impression that the Chinese think the American carriers - the prime weapon of the US navy - are no longer a credible threat to them. Such self-confidence must have have a material correlation. I read the US wants to sail a carrier group through the street of Taiwan. Why a carrier? I do not rule out that they get pearl-harboured again. And this time they will not be able to industrially outperform the enemy later on, industrially.
The times for this kind of careless behaviour are over, China is no military dwarf anymore. Sent a conventional flotilla to cruise in the strait of Taiwan. But not carriers. That simply is stupid. You do not present your trump cards to the enemy in this way. He might be too tempted as if he could resist any longer. Starting a war with the US navy with having taken one carrier group already out in the beginning
is tempting. Very.
The whole "One China, tow systems" policy was a comfortabe lie, always. Its total nonsense.