China's war against its neighbors!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/YF7-jDMUK5o" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/YF7-jDMUK5o</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF7-jDMUK5o

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epZZVpPB630

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Communism destroys minds!

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Democrats are Socialists are Communists who oppress all!

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Key Takeaways

• The PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) listed the names of ten Taiwanese political figures in new website sections devoted to punishing “Taiwan independence diehards.” The postings are part of a pressure campaign targeted at Taiwan’s new administration of Lai Ching-te and the ruling DPP.
  
• PRC state-sponsored hacker group APT41 likely stole passwords and documents from a Taiwanese government-affiliated research center in July 2023.
  
• The PRC released a Taiwanese former soldier it held for nearly five months — a week after Taiwan returned the bodies of two PRC fishermen who died in the February 14 capsizing incident in Kinmen’s waters. This small breakthrough in tense cross-strait relations is unlikely to change the PRC’s long-term coercion campaign against Taiwan.
  
• The People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command released a video on the PLA’s 97th anniversary that depicts an assault on Taiwan.
  
• The United States imposed sanctions on five individuals and seven entities in Iran and the PRC for facilitating the procurement of components for Iran’s ballistic missile and UAV programs.
  
• PRC Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui traveled to Brazil, South Africa, and Indonesia to generate support for the PRC’s efforts to mediate the war and promote peace talks.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-august-9-2024

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ87lQ3uTjA

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/vbRxJ8NOPF0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/vbRxJ8NOPF0</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbRxJ8NOPF0

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/SJ87lQ3uTjA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/SJ87lQ3uTjA</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ87lQ3uTjA

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/jT9CDYm42TI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/jT9CDYm42TI</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9CDYm42TI

https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-massive-next-generation-amphibious-assault-ship-takes-shape

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Brahma Chellaney On Taiwan: Taiwan’s security is linked to US policy

With polls in as many as 76 countries, 2024 is the biggest election year in history. This year’s raft of elections has already produced a left-leaning government in Britain, political gridlock in France, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s return to office for a third term, and the elevation of the pro-sovereignty William Lai (賴清德) as Taiwan’s president, but with his Democratic Progressive Party losing its majority in the legislature.

But no election will have a greater global impact than the one in the US. Whether American voters elect Kamala Harris or Donald Trump as the next president, and whether the Republicans or Democrats gain control of the US Congress, will reverberate across the world, including in Taiwan, which confronts increasing Chinese coercive pressure.

At a time when a major geopolitical reconfiguration is underway, with America’s global preeminence at stake, the US is heading to its most consequential presidential election in a generation.

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2024/08/12/2003822102

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgTplKdGe0

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/uNp4IYTuB34" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/uNp4IYTuB34</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNp4IYTuB34