The Taiwan count down has begun!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/_qNrG7Fdm_c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/_qNrG7Fdm_c</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qNrG7Fdm_c

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/hbQ7wvR63vU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/hbQ7wvR63vU</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbQ7wvR63vU

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

The report focuses correctly on the extent of China’s military buildup and modernization program.

The report errs by relying on China’s official defense budget topline of $230 billion.

As worrying as this report is—it almost certainly underestimates the threat posed by China.

The Defense Department’s latest annual China Military Power Report gets a lot right. It accurately identifies the scope of China’s global ambitions and many of the structural changes being implemented by Xi Jinping to make China the preeminent military power in Asia and the Pacific. Even so, the report appears to undersell the threat posed by China and what will be required from the U.S. to counter it.

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Oct/19/2003323409/-1/-1/1/2023-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA.PDF

https://thepricklypear.org/the-defense-departments-china-military-power-report-the-threat-is-worse-than-advertised/

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By the time police responded to a call shortly before 10 a.m. regarding a Chinese man and woman conducting surveillance near a security entrance of the historic Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, the two fled in what police identified as a 2021 silver Nissan Altima, with unidentified plates.

The two suspects had been “capturing digital media of the entry control point,” police said. Later that afternoon the pair–a man with a black crew cut and the woman with shoulder-length hair, a pink top, and a white skirt–appeared at another entry point. Police issued a “BOLO,” or “be-on-the-lookout,” notice for the two at all base entrances.

This Sept. 29 incident represents just one of at least 14 instances since 2018 of Chinese nationals spotted attempting to either gain entry into the Pearl Harbor base or conduct surveillance, according to records obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/2024/02/China-DOD-2.pdf

https://twitter.com/OversightPR/status/1753479838537572624

https://twitter.com/OversightPR/status/1753479843323244708

https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/2024/02/China-DOD-3.pdf

https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/2024/02/China-DOD-5.pdf

https://twitter.com/OversightPR/status/1753479846745747794

https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/2024/02/China-DOD-7.pdf

https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/02/chinese-nationals-caught-attempting-infiltrate-pearl-harbor-military-base-records-show/

Democrats invite a Pearl Harbor II!

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Democrats are proud to aid China in an attack on America!

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Key Takeaways

• The Kuomintang (KMT) will present a series of policy proposals to the Legislative Yuan on February 20 that aim to expand legislative oversight over the presidency. The proposals presage what will likely be a contentious dynamic between the KMT and the Democratic Progressive Party in the legislature.
• The CCP denied allegations that it carried out cyberattacks against the United States, Japan, the Philippines, and the Netherlands.
• The New York Times reported on February 4 that the rapid growth of the PRC’s nuclear arsenal under CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping reflects a shift in the party’s thinking on nuclear deterrence.
  
• The PRC is intensifying its information operations to support its claims in the South China Sea.
• The loss of Compact of Free Association funding for Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands presents opportunities for the CCP to expand its influence in each country. The CCP may leverage revenue shortfalls in Palau and the Marshall Islands to incentivize them to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to the PRC.
• CCP and Russian officials held collaboration talks on the military application of artificial intelligence (AI) in early February.
• The People’s Liberation Army Navy is providing security escorts to PRC cargo ships near the Red Sea amid ongoing Houthi missile attacks on shipping in the region.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-february-8-2024

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https://www.youtube.com/v/Qa4Hj-ZQWJ0

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/qycH8ACuEpM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/qycH8ACuEpM</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qycH8ACuEpM

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A self-driving flying car!

What could go wrong?

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/m14vK22EZxQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/m14vK22EZxQ</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14vK22EZxQ

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N1asMHRsvw

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