The Taiwan count down has begun!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/tG6R9nBdELY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/tG6R9nBdELY</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG6R9nBdELY

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/8jNrrF-GifM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/8jNrrF-GifM</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jNrrF-GifM

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

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

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Key Takeaways

• Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) claimed that three Chinese Coast Guard ships entered Taiwan’s contiguous zone off the east coast of the main island on February 27.
• The Kuomintang (KMT) initiated a legislative inquiry into the Kinmen capsizing incident to determine the liability of Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration. This supports the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to vilify and undermine domestic Taiwanese support for the Democratic Progressive Party.
• PRC Premier Li Qiang’s work report to the National People’s Congress continued a trend of CCP officials using more belligerent language about “reunification” with Taiwan but did not signal a major policy change.
• Recent PRC diplomatic outreach in Europe may aim to advance the PRC’s September 2023 Proposal on the Reform and Development of Global Governance, which faults the West for the war in Ukraine.
• Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ships fired water cannons and collided with Philippine ships while attempting to block a Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-march-7-2024

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/wyP7JGPzIek" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/wyP7JGPzIek</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyP7JGPzIek

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Democrats want China to invade its neighbors!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/h8DXbanN7bw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/h8DXbanN7bw</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8DXbanN7bw

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/EqSp2cq0HqM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/EqSp2cq0HqM</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqSp2cq0HqM

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It has finally come to pass!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/_uN0xp-5lBE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/_uN0xp-5lBE</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uN0xp-5lBE

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Key Takeaways

• Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense announced that it redefined its criteria for a “first strike” against PRC military assets, which now include a “first move” by PLA aircraft and vessels across Taiwan’s territorial boundaries.
• A PRC Taiwan Affairs official participated in the negotiations on Kinmen, which is inconsistent with the CCP policy of not holding official exchanges with Taiwan’s DPP government.
• Taiwan’s Kuomintang is implementing party reforms to restrain the influence of a hardline faction and better appeal to young voters in future elections.
• The PRC’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) spokesperson Chen Binhua stated that “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan remains the PRC’s policy despite the omission of the term “peaceful” from the Two Sessions government work report.
• The PRC, Russia, and Iran held the joint Maritime Security Belt – 2024 naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman from March 11 to 15.
• The People’s Liberation Army increased the number of military aircraft flights through the Miyako Strait in March, likely as part of an effort to normalize flights outside of the first island chain.
• The PRC portrayed the Philippines as a provocateur rather than a partner for managing disputes in the South China Sea while the Chinese Coast Guard drives heightened tensions in the South China Sea.
• The PRC defined its coastal baseline that extends its territorial waters and claims of sovereignty in the Gulf of Tonkin. The baseline is not in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas, to which the PRC is a signatory.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-march-15-2024

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