YANDHI

3mo

Again you're presuming the rush to take Taiwan, which PRC leadership has at no point in history been in a rush to do, even during three Taiwan Straight Crises between the 50's and 90's

Odd to bring up Cultural Revolution when that's exactly when China made masterful foreign policy/diplomatic moves to displace Taiwan at U.N (and Security Council), secure U.S. concessions post-Vietnam loss and forge the new status quo we've lived by ever since. There used to be a world where Western policy was that "Taiwan" was "China," Chiang wanted to invade China to reunify and China had few diplomatic partners. Mao and Zhou Enlai flipped that via diplomacy. Some of China's biggest foreign policy moments in PRC era were achieved during that era in a rebalance after CR's initial phase.

At every step China has avoided military conflicts when not needed. They don't rush into these things and do not prefer it as their tool.

edit: Neither HK (and Macau) or Taiwan are recognized sovereign states. You also presume the aid can maintain as U.S. moves forces to yet another M.E. war. Taiwan is currently unable to increase its own defenses because of KMT in congress, again circling to my initial point

snowboyrari

3mo

this is nonsense, china hasn't used its military in 40 years because the PLA were embarrassed by the vietnamese. but it's a different time period, a military conflict can only be kicked down the road for so long.

snowboyrari

3mo

this is nonsense, china hasn't used its military in 40 years because the PLA were embarrassed by the vietnamese. but it's a different time period, a military conflict can only be kicked down the road for so long.

Elric

3mo

The time to do it would have been before this new era of drone warfare. They risk serious embarrassment again if they can't pull it off and apparently it would require D-Day level invasion to take such a strategically difficult beachhead.

Shabazz999

3mo

toying with these niggas

americana

3mo

Start the draft Donny

YANDHI

3mo

Valid point, but the thing is the Chinese are the reason this era exists despite not fighting. They've been a top drone country and exporter for years. influenced several wars and their stockpiles/manufacturing dwarf anything we've seen so far.

Iranian drones are largely a real world test of Chinese technology and its Beidou navigation system. They're just sitting back and collecting intel on all of this, which they need in replacement of jumping into wars and losing men themselves. They kinda had to wait for it to start and now evaluate U.S., Russian and Ukrainian weaknesses to them

I think unlike Russia and U.S. offensive attacks, Chinese drones and decoys would be an intimate part of wasting defense intercepters and flooding Taiwans own drones. No country can currently even make drones without Chinese parts.

LetHIMSortEmOut

3mo

Hey quick little thing im waiting for the Ye concert assigned with gettin merch for some peeps and probablygone till sunday/monday with peeps after, I wont be here to put updates on s*** happening so feel free to chime in

LetHIMSortEmOut

3mo

Hey quick little thing im waiting for the Ye concert assigned with gettin merch for some peeps and probablygone till sunday/monday with peeps after, I wont be here to put updates on s*** happening so feel free to chime in

LetHIMSortEmOut

3mo

Hey quick little thing im waiting for the Ye concert assigned with gettin merch for some peeps and probablygone till sunday/monday with peeps after, I wont be here to put updates on s*** happening so feel free to chime in

Coworker swell

3mo

I drive over 140 miles to an back from work.

I’m f***ed

Coworker swell

3mo

I drive over 140 miles to an back from work.

I’m f***ed