The Taiwan count down has begun!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/ShOR-d9s_CU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/ShOR-d9s_CU</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOR-d9s_CU

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Democrats want China to rule the world!

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Lawmakers dug into the Navy's shipbuilding efforts on Wednesday, saying that it is "behind" in providing ships to stay apace of global competition, specifically with China.

The criticisms were raised when Department of the Navy leaders, including Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith, met with members of the House Appropriations Committee's defense panel to discuss the Navy's shipbuilding and maintenance shortfalls.

The Navy has admitted that all of its key shipbuilding programs -- from the new Columbia-class submarine to the new Constellation-class frigate -- are facing yearslong delays, which come amid cases of ships being delayed to deploy because of mounting maintenance issues.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/10/falling-behind-navy-criticized-delays-shipbuilding-deployments-may-leave-us-behind-china.html

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Remember, this failure was ordered by Beijing Biden!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/3-zbfF6xyL4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/3-zbfF6xyL4</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-zbfF6xyL4

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Key Takeaways

• CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping met with former ROC President Ma Ying-jeou on April 10 for the first time since 2015. The Xi-Ma meeting is consistent with a CCP effort to legitimize the KMT as its negotiating partner in Taiwan and to promote the Ma administration’s cross-strait policies as its preferred vision of cross-strait relations.
• PRC civilian drones repeatedly approached islands of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago to film military facilities on the islands.
• The PLA participated in the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement (MMCA) Working Group with their American counterparts in early April for the first time since December 2021.
• The PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) criticized the United States and Japan for expanding security relations to counter the PRC. The PRC perceives a deterioration in the threat environment from Japan’s deepening integration into the US-led regional security framework.
• The PRC has normalized Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) harassment of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and supply ships near the Second Thomas Shoal since December 2023 to render the Philippines unable and unwilling to defend its claim to the Second Thomas Shoal.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-april-12-2024

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/00iuNWdHXaI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/00iuNWdHXaI</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00iuNWdHXaI

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/wtsH90Ii4GY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/wtsH90Ii4GY</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtsH90Ii4GY

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/OAZpm3pOI8o" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/OAZpm3pOI8o</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAZpm3pOI8o

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Ml2DDsFT0nc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/Ml2DDsFT0nc</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2DDsFT0nc

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The window is closing!

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

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