China's war against its neighbors!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/ZQZXWd0yG1w" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/ZQZXWd0yG1w</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQZXWd0yG1w

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Key Takeaways

• The PRC released four members of a Taiwanese fishing boat on August 13, whom it detained near Kinmen on July 2. The crew’s release does not indicate a change in the PRC’s long-term coercion campaign against Taiwan, however.
  
• The PRC exempted Fujian residents from a travel ban covering Taiwan’s Matsu islands, possibly to make decoupling from the PRC a politically unpopular policy among Matsu residents.
  
• ROC officials warned that PRC outreach to religious groups in Taiwan is a national security risk.
  
• The PRC’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the National Endowment for Democracy of carrying out subversive activities against the PRC under the guise of democracy promotion.
  
• The PLA Air Force conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers while intercepting a Philippine military transport plane over Scarborough Shoal. This was the first time that the Philippine–PRC disputes in the South China Sea led to an aerial confrontation.
  
• The PRC reiterated its support for Iran and called for Israel to end the war in Gaza following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-august-16-2024

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Democrats are wholly owned by China!

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Democrats hate America more than China does!

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIv-VlUOxM

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What will Democrats do when China can no longer pay them for their services?

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/AHGHagmPp8M" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/AHGHagmPp8M</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGHagmPp8M

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

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

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Key Takeaways

• The People’s Republic of China (PRC) began aggressively challenging Taiwan’s jurisdiction over its outlying islands, especially Kinmen, in February 2024. Repeated Chinese Coast Guard incursions in Taiwan-controlled waters around Kinmen aim to normalize the PRC’s "law enforcement" jurisdiction in the area.
• The PRC can escalate current lines of effort (LOEs) to erode Taiwan’s sovereignty over its outlying territory of Kinmen in a short-of-war coercion campaign to seize control of the island group in the near term.
• The PRC can escalate coast guard activities to initiate a quarantine around Kinmen that denies passage to Taiwanese government ships and economically squeezes the islands. The PRC can enhance Kinmen's isolation by imposing a no-fly zone and sabotaging communication infrastructure, before finally coercing Kinmen to demilitarize under PRC oversight.
• US unpreparedness or unwillingness to intervene amid domestic and international distractions increases the likelihood of this scenario. Trends in Taiwan’s domestic politics that diminish the PRC’s confidence in its ability to achieve “peaceful reunification” also contribute to the likelihood of such a coercion campaign.
• PRC efforts to seize Kinmen will strike at Taiwan’s political will to resist "unification." A successful incorporation of Kinmen by the PRC would significantly diminish Taiwan’s faith in the United States’ will to come to Taiwan’s aid and its own ability to defend itself.
• The United States, Taiwan, and their partners must prepare for the possibility of PRC short-of-war coercion against Taiwan’s outlying islands by “pre-bunking” CCP propaganda narratives that justify such a campaign, strengthening the resilience of communication infrastructure in Taiwan’s outlying territories, and bolstering Taiwan’s maritime law enforcement around the islands.
• The United States and its partners should respond to PRC efforts to seize control of Kinmen by maximizing the economic and reputational costs for the PRC, thwarting the quarantine and communication blockade of Kinmen, and communicating its will to strengthen US defense commitment to Taiwan as a consequence of PRC aggression.
• The United States should respond to a successful PRC seizure of Kinmen by significantly increasing its troop deployments and arms sales to Taiwan, coordinating joint coast guard patrols with Taiwan and other partners, and amending relevant laws to help protect Taiwan’s outlying islands from further coercion.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/exploring-prc-short-war-coercion-campaign-seize-taiwan%E2%80%99s-kinmen-islands-and-possible

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/9IZ9ycKGgZQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/9IZ9ycKGgZQ</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IZ9ycKGgZQ

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/QtRxe4GXAL0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/QtRxe4GXAL0</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtRxe4GXAL0

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China owns the Democrat party!