Forget Trump & Putin - China is the biggest threat to Europe.

Churchlawtonblue said:
It was a politician visiting another country. As I said is it worth all that loss for China, Taiwan and the World just to satisfy one old man's ego. Yes thats right your President Xi Jinping.
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On that sweltering, humid summer night, I sat by the window and could hear people cursing outside, the sound of things being smashed. Emotions hung thick in the air—a kind of collective moment I had never felt before. If a nation has a soul, this was its moment of rage.
 
Alvin-blue-qhd said:
On that sweltering, humid summer night, I sat by the window and could hear people cursing outside, the sound of things being smashed. Emotions hung thick in the air—a kind of collective moment I had never felt before. If a nation has a soul, this was its moment of rage.
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So, move on it happened. As I asked, is it worth all the deaths and damage?
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
So, move on it happened. As I asked, is it worth all the deaths and damage?
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Let me tell you another story. Taiwan currently has three political parties with significant influence in elections: the KMT, the DPP, and the TPP. Among these three, the DPP leans toward independence, the KMT is often described as China-friendly, while most of the TPP's supporters are ideologically neutral middle-of-the-road voters. In the last election, the DPP, as the ruling party, had a low approval rating due to its poor performance, failing to exceed 40%. As a result, the KMT and the TPP hoped to join forces in the election, with a very high likelihood of winning. However, in the end, the Americans directly called senior members of the TPP and demanded they halt cooperation with the KMT. This ultimately led to the DPP winning the election.

Had the KMT-TPP alliance not fallen apart, I’m not saying it would have definitely led to a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue, but it would at least have been a step in that direction. What the U.S. government did was block every possible path to a peaceful solution—and then ask, “Do you think the cost of using force is worth it?” What kind of answer do they expect? Should we say, “Yes, we don’t mind killing some American soldiers and sinking the entire Seventh Fleet to the bottom of the ocean”? That wouldn’t be very polite. But the reality is that everyone will pay a price—including the Americans.
 
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Former British prime minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Taiwan did not deserve to be bullied by China and urged the West to build economic and political relations with Taipei in the face of Beijing's campaign against the democratic island.

Johnson is the third former British prime minister to visit Taiwan, after Liz Truss in 2023 and Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s, and his trip comes at a time when Britain and China are seeking to further stabilise ties as Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to visit Beijing later this year.

Britain, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan but the two governments have close economic and culture exchanges.

Beijing has in recent years ramped up military and diplomatic pressure campaigns against Taiwan, including daily military activities near the island, to assert territorial claims the government in Taipei strongly rejects.

"In very difficult and intense times, this is the moment for all western countries to build economic and political relations with Taiwan, not to tiptoe away from Taiwan at the pressure from any other country," Johnson told Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in the presidential office in Taipei.

"There's absolutely no case for the current Chinese bullying of Taiwan. This is a free, peaceful society. It does not deserve to be intimidated in this way. There's no point in it and I hope it stops as soon as possible," Johnson said in video footage by Lai's office.

China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Beijing has previously condemned visits by British lawmakers to Taiwan for what it calls interference in China's internal affairs.

Johnson was invited to deliver a speech at a security forum by Taipei-based think tank, the Prospect Foundation, which was also attended by Lai earlier on Tuesday.

At the forum, Lai vowed to build a "democratic supply chain" with allies by deepening economic cooperation and said he would boost Taiwan's defence spending to more than 3% of its GDP next year.

"I'm confident that if democracies can join hands in creating more robust, more resilient global democratic supply chains, we can spur even more economic prosperity and further consolidate our democracy," Lai said.

A British Royal Navy patrol vessel sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait in June.

(Reporting By Yimou Lee, Angie Teo and Yi-chin Lee; additional reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Michael Perry)
 
Alvin-blue-qhd said:
Let me tell you another story. Taiwan currently has three political parties with significant influence in elections: the KMT, the DPP, and the TPP. Among these three, the DPP leans toward independence, the KMT is often described as China-friendly, while most of the TPP's supporters are ideologically neutral middle-of-the-road voters. In the last election, the DPP, as the ruling party, had a low approval rating due to its poor performance, failing to exceed 40%. As a result, the KMT and the TPP hoped to join forces in the election, with a very high likelihood of winning. However, in the end, the Americans directly called senior members of the TPP and demanded they halt cooperation with the KMT. This ultimately led to the DPP winning the election.

Had the KMT-TPP alliance not fallen apart, I’m not saying it would have definitely led to a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue, but it would at least have been a step in that direction. What the U.S. government did was block every possible path to a peaceful solution—and then ask, “Do you think the cost of using force is worth it?” What kind of answer do they expect? Should we say, “Yes, we don’t mind killing some American soldiers and sinking the entire Seventh Fleet to the bottom of the ocean”? That wouldn’t be very polite. But the reality is that everyone will pay a price—including the Americans.
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The US would absolutely destroy you militarily and they wouldn't even break a sweat doing it.
 
Alvin-blue-qhd said:
USA! USA!
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I'm not a fan of the US but I'm also not completely delusional regarding miltech.

Ironic that you, a guy who is a literal propaganda machine and laments how people in Hong Kong weren't taught "basic patriotic education", wants to cry about national cheerleading though.
 
China has the economic power to, but not the inclination. It serves no purpose to them. We alway's been given a bogeyman. Our economies depend upon it. People buy it,we spend all our gold on weapons, owned by the people who own the Senate and Congress and every elected body across the nation. China has survived as a civilisation for 5,000 years, because it is pragmatic and adapts. China will view domination, as the US does, in economic based influence.

Invading Europe isn't even a viable plan. Ukraine has has halted Russia. The combined European armies alone, regardless if Trump betrayed us and stood aside, we would fuck them over. Their supply lines alone, mean not even Stephen Fry's imbecilic General Melchick, would think it a go er. And the Chinese certainly wouldn't entertain. To them it would be killing the golden goose. I would say, take a deep breath, keep your eyes open. Realise podcasts need to have dramatic taglines.

You can go back over 40 years and find China is one for the watching category. All it does is imbed in our subconscious the need to keep spending so much on meeting a threat that doesn't exist. Money that could be spent in R&D new technologies. Education and support for every sector, having a trained and educated workforce. Health care and social care sufficiently funded. These are all things that sustain a growing and adaptable economy. China wins without a bullet, never mind a missile fired.
 
14 years of resistance, with over 35 million casualties—on this day 80 years ago, Japan announced its surrender.


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On the day of Japan's defeat, Japanese people held banners saying "The Greater East Asia War was not a war of aggression" and visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines WWII war criminals. I suspect this can no longer be dismissed as the actions of a "small far-right minority"—it represents the mainstream sentiment in Japan today.
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