Re: Xi Jinping: Yes, China is preparing for war

On 11/11/22 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Xi Jinping was recently installed for a third term as China’s leader
> and the head of the Chinese Communist Party. Since then, he’s been
> offering a number of speeches and state media interviews. During one
> such discussion this week, he proclaimed on CCTV that his country is
> going to be “focusing on preparing for war.” This will take the form of
> increased military training drills along with hastened developments in
> technology and defense assets. The only reason he cited for this
> position was an “increasingly unstable and uncertain” national security
> position. But most analysts are already assuming that China may be
> ramping up for an invasion of Taiwan. (Daily Mail)
> 
> 	China will focus on preparing for war with the country’s
> 	security ‘increasingly unstable and uncertain’, President
> 	Xi Jinping has declared.
> 
> 	Beijing will now comprehensively strengthen its military
> 	training and preparation for any war, Xi said today, according
> 	to state broadcaster CCTV.
> 
> 	His warning comes after Xi last month called for faster
> 	military development, ‘self-reliance and strength’ in
> 	technology and defence of China’s interests abroad, raising
> 	the likelihood of further conflict.
> 
> 	Xi’s announcement that China will focus on preparing for a
> 	war will raise fears that the nation may invade the self-
> 	governing island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own.
> 
> This is obviously a disturbing development on a number of levels. China
> has already been beefing up it’s military for more than a decade,
> particularly with the addition of aircraft carriers to its naval fleet
> and new planes specifically designed for use on carriers. They’ve been
> testing hypersonic missile technology and increasing their recruiting
> efforts for military service. But Xi Jinping has traditionally avoided
> specific references to initiating any sort of military conflict.
> 
> As one Asian policy expert quoted in the linked report points out, this
> isn’t the sort of thing that the west can afford to simply ignore or
> blow off as bombastic rhetoric. We probably need to take the Chinese
> leader at his word. Whether these remarks were intended to be a thinly
> veiled reference to an invasion across the Taiwan Strait or a conflict
> with other western allies, having China on a war footing is something
> we will regret taking lightly if we simply ignore this.
> 
> But what’s to be done? The same analyst I mentioned above suggests that
> it’s vital for western nations to begin the process of “decoupling
> China from many of our most relied upon supply chain networks.” He also
> suggests removing China’s vested interests and influence in critical
> industries, particularly those in the energy and transportation
> sectors. Hopefully, this sounds obvious to most western leaders and
> it’s something we should have started doing long before this. We
> learned during the pandemic shutdowns how much damage China can do by
> disrupting the global supply chain, even if it’s done inadvertently. If
> they find themselves at war with the United States or anyone else, they
> could just as readily shut down those supply chains intentionally.
> 
> While we’ve brought this up here before, it’s worth noting that the
> Chinese seem to clearly have been watching as recent events unfolded in
> Ukraine. Xi Jinping may have already concluded that he is free to
> “reunify” Taiwan with the mainland militarily because the United States
> will not step in with our own military to stop them. And if America
> doesn’t lead the way, our smaller allies will not launch an attack on
> China on their own.
> 
> In any event, we need some clarification from the White House as to
> what our actual policy regarding China and Taiwan is today. Joe Biden
> has repeatedly muddied the waters in that regard with contradictory
> statements that his staff had to quickly rush out and “clarify.” China
> has clearly been listening and there is a very real chance that they
> may act on those impulses.
> 
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> Let's go Brandon!
> 
And the BidenRegime and Democrats are preparing to surrender to the 
Chinese.... for a price.

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