The Taiwan count down has begun!

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 South China Sea conflict: US, allies to 'stand up' for stability in Taiwan Strait!

The United States and its Western allies have increased 'freedom of navigation' crossings by naval vessels in both the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, to reinforce that both are international waterways, angering Beijing.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Saturday that Washington and its Asian allies are committed to maintaining stability across the Taiwan Strait. Sullivan, during a joint briefing with counterparts from Tokyo and Seoul following a trilateral meeting in South Korea, reiterated their dedication to ensuring freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea.

In recent weeks, naval vessels from the United States and its Western allies have increased “freedom of navigation” crossings in both the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. This move aims to emphasize that both areas are considered international waterways, eliciting dissatisfaction from Beijing. The comments underscore the ongoing geopolitical tensions in the region.

“We will continue to stand up for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and freedom of navigation in the East and South China Seas,” Sullivan told reporters in Seoul, alongside South Korea’s Cho Tae-yong and Japan’s Takeo Akiba.

https://www.firstpost.com/world/south-china-sea-conflict-us-allies-to-stand-up-for-stability-in-taiwan-strait-13483632.html


With our stockpiles near empty and little effort taken in their refilling, what will we fight with if it comes to that?

China sees America as less than a paper tiger!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/c0HfHw-lekc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/c0HfHw-lekc</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HfHw-lekc

Wishful thinking!

Xi will never surrender power while he lives!

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Ret. Admiral Sounds Alarm About Munition Shortage as China Threat Grows!

A retired Navy Admiral issued a stern warning on the threat of China's aggressive actions amid worldwide munitions shortages.

In an op-ed for Barron's, retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery said productions of munitions must be increased in order to support the democratic nation of Taiwan in what would be a "massive air-sea battle."

Around Taiwan, Chinese forces are pressuring the country with so-called "gray zone" coercive maneuvers.

The Communist Party in China claims Taiwan, despite never having ruled the democratically governed island, and has vowed to unify it in the future. In running polls, most Taiwanese would rather have the island country's current status over a formal declaration of independence, of which China has said it would go to war.

Montgomery's statements echo similar remarks by NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, who said increasing munitions is tantamount in support of Ukraine in its war against Russia.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ret-admiral-sounds-alarm-about-munition-shortage-as-china-threat-grows/ar-AA1lfGBy

When the confrontation with China comes we will put to sea poorly armed and wholly unprepared!

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China's threat to Taiwan must prompt action after 'lesson learned in Ukraine'!

In recent years, China has ramped up its threats against Taiwan, a territory it considers its own, by conducting several military drills and crossing the median line in the Taiwan Strait.

China's increased threats against Taiwan must be met with decisive actions, a retired US Navy officer believes.

Beijing will "eventually use force" if President Xi Jinping realizes that he can't annex Taiwan peacefully, according to retired US Navy Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1843948/china-threat-taiwan-reaction-usa

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 Taiwan's military sent forces to watch a Chinese naval formation, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, Taiwan's defence ministry said, as Beijing keeps up pressure ahead of elections next month.

The Shandong, commissioned in 2019, last transited the sensitive strait in early November. The latest sailing comes about one month before presidential and parliamentary elections on the island.

The ministry said in a statement that the formation sailed south through the strait but kept to the western side of the waterway's median line - the Chinese side of the unofficial barrier between the two.

China says the Taiwan Strait is not an international waterway and that it alone has sovereignty there, which both Taiwan and the United States dispute.

Taiwan dispatched "appropriate" forces to keep watch on the formation, the ministry added, without elaborating.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/taiwan-again-reports-chinese-carrier-group-in-taiwan-strait-as-election-looms/ar-AA1ljFps

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America Must Confront China for Ramping Up Belligerence in the South China Sea!

Chinese leader Xi Jinping last week told the communist regime’s coast guard simply to enforce maritime law, but we all know what that really means—and it has nothing to do with upholding the rule of law on the high seas.

Chinese vessels collided last month with a Philippine resupply boat and a Philippine coast guard ship within the span of a few hours. These confrontations were the latest of many between the two countries over competing territorial claims to a submerged reef called the Second Thomas Shoal, a military outpost in the Spratly Islands some 120 miles from the Philippines.

This situation underscores the need for America to adopt a robust response in the region and defend its treaty allies from Chinese bullying—before the situation escalates into the next major international conflict.

The Second Thomas Shoal is the site of a critical yet unorthodox Philippine military outpost in the form of a World War II warship run aground on the Spratly Islands, equipped with relatively few marines. The ship’s presence maintains Philippine sovereignty over the shoal, but the vessel remains a liability; its dilapidated state requires frequent resupply missions.

In fact, international scrutiny has grown with the belief that the grounded ship may fall off the reef and sink, allowing China to seize the shoal.

Philippine resupply missions are fodder for increasingly aggressive Chinese vessels that attempt to isolate the post, including the two collisions last month.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/05/america-must-confront-china-for-ramping-up-belligerence-in-south-china-sea/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFd_XFtbO1A

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Emboldened by Beijing Biden's incompetence China and Russia expand their aggression against their neighbors!

South Korea scrambles jets as China and Russia fly warplanes into its air defense zone!

Seoul — South Korea's military said Thursday it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and four Russian military planes entered its air defense zone, an area wider than the country's airspace. The Chinese and Russian planes entered and exited the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, for just less than 20 minutes around midday local time, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

But "there was no invasion of airspace," the joint chiefs added, and the South Korean military identified the planes "before they entered KADIZ, and deployed air force fighter jets to take tactical measures in preparation for contingencies."

An air defense identification zone is a broader area than a country's airspace in which it tries to control aircraft for security reasons, but the concept is not defined in any international treaty.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-korea-china-russia-north-korea-warplanes-air-defense-zone/

Matters keep getting worse!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxbh-fruV8

Chinese Military armed with Tofu!

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Key Takeaways 

   

• DPP presidential candidate Lai Ching-te made significant gains in the polls while support for KMT candidate Hou Yu-ih plateaued.
•     Chinese Coast Guard and Maritime Militia vessels took aggressive actions against Philippine government vessels near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on December 9 and 10.
•     A loss of Compacts of Free Association funding for Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands would enable the CCP to expand its leverage points over these countries.
•     PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized the need for an immediate ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas War during separate conversations with American and Iranian officials. Wang’s comments are consistent with the PRC’s efforts to use the Israel-Hamas War to bolster its image as a fair, responsible broker in contrast to the “biased” United States.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-december-15-2023

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Risk of war with China is real and rising!

After President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco last month, the White House touted three modest accomplishments.


Xi had agreed to restore military-to-military communications that had been cut off after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) high-profile August 2022 visit to Taiwan. Xi also pledged to limit the export of precursors used to make the deadly drug fentanyl and threw in a promise of some new pandas for the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/risk-of-war-with-china-is-real-and-rising/ar-AA1lwbhP

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LMAO!

DvD just LOVES to post conspiracy theories and keep this thread going while it types to itself.

STILL waiting for the invasion to begin...