The CHN/ China thread

[em2nought]

Taiwan detects 13 Chinese air force planes

Jeez

[Jimbuna]

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Good, the dollar has a little time yet.

[mapuc]

"We're not trying to suggest a very large departure from where they [China] looked to be headed... but we are suggesting that they're on track to exceed those previous projections," a senior Pentagon official told reporters on Thursday, adding that the issue raised "a lot of concerns" for the US.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67163903

Markus

[Rockstar]

There’s nothing like distracting people with war when global economies crumble.

[Reece]

or vice versa!!

[Jimbuna]

[mapuc]

China stealing technology secrets -- from AI to computing and biology, "Five Eyes" intelligence leaders warn

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-s...es-transcript/

Markus

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by mapuc

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-s...es-transcript/

Markus

I think North Korea one ups Chyna here by actually getting the salaries of their spies funneled to their ballistic missile program. https://www.businessinsider.com/nort...op=1&r=US&IR=T

[Jimbuna]

Cutting out the middle man.

[Jimbuna]

China's No.2 military leader vows to develop military ties with US at forum.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's second-ranked military official, speaking at a military forum on Monday, vowed to develop military ties with the United States while accusing "some countries" of "creating turbulence" and trying to undermine Communist Party rule.

The Beijing Xiangshan Forum, China's biggest annual show of military diplomacy, began Sunday without the country's defence minister, who typically hosts the event.

"We will deepen strategic cooperation and coordination with Russia, and on the basis of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, develop military ties with the U.S.," Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, said during a keynote address at the forum. China's defence minister has delivered that speech in previous years.
China and the U.S. have had no direct military-to-military communications since the Washington-sanctioned former Chinese defence minister, Li Shangfu, was appointed in March.

Li was sacked last week without explanation, and China did not name a replacement. Reuters reported last month that Li, who has been missing for two months, was being investigated over corruption.

"Some countries deliberately create turbulence and interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and instigate colour revolutions," Zhang said, in a veiled attack at Western countries including the United States, which is increasingly coordinating with allies to curtail Beijing's military ambitions.

A colour revolution is a term the Chinese government uses to describe attempts to overthrow Communist Party rule.

Zhang also accused "some countries" of holding on to a zero-sum game mentality and engaging in clique politics.

"Countries should not deliberately provoke other countries on major and sensitive issues such as Taiwan," he said, adding that Taiwan is China’s core interests, in comments directed at the United States.

The U.S. defence department has sent a delegation led by Cynthia Xanthi Carras, China country director in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense.

Many Western countries have either shunned the forum or are only sending small and low-level delegations, preferring instead to discuss international security issues at the Shangri-La Dialogue held annually in Singapore.

(Reporting by Yew Lun Tian; Writing by Laurie Chen; Editing by Tom Hogue)
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...844b1ac4&ei=27

[Skybird]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67282107


I am anything but certain they still have those ten years the text mentions.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Skybird

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67282107


I am anything but certain they still have those ten years the text mentions.

Haha I like how they wrote Biden just recently signed off on this 80 million. He did back in August. From what understand the money doesn’t go to directly to Taiwan. Rather the 80 million is used by the U.S. to purchase weapons for Taiwan.

IMO Biden is just subsidizing the military industrial complex, it is yet to be seen if any those weapons out of that 80 million will actually get to Taiwan. We’ll probably never know either, just as most everyone in this country likely didn’t even know 80 million of their tax payer monies went towards it in August. Too busy talking about orange hair and religion.

[mapuc]

How big is the chance that China would attack Taiwan within the next couple of month and thereby stretch the US military help to another allied.

Got this feeling in which some countries in cooperation is trying to undermine US possibility to help with military stuff and humanitarian aid.

First it was Ukraine
Then came Israel into the equation
So the next must be Taiwan.

Of course I hope my feelings are wrong.

Markus

[Rockstar]

Taiwan has over the years purchased 14 BILLION dollars worth of military hardware equipment from us. Not exactly sure what this additional 80 million dollars of U.S. tax payer money will do that Taiwans 14 billion of tax payer monies can’t.

I think the only achievable plan we have is to make any chance of a Chinese military invasion impossible by selling arms to them. Because I also seriously doubt we would become directly involved if they did try. I think the only real chance China has of winning over Taiwan is time, infiltration of its government, learning institutions, society, ideology, culture and economy, kinda like what they’re already doing in Mongolia. But Taiwan would be much more of a long hard up hill climb for China to accomplish any of it on account the vast majority of Taiwanese prefer independence.