Taiwan saw a surge of Chinese military planes near the island, its defense ministry said Sunday, after a sharp drop in flights over the past two weeks had sparked discussions among observers.

The ministry detected 26 Chinese military aircraft around the island on Saturday, with 16 of them entering its northern, central and southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone. Seven naval ships were spotted around the island, it reported.

The increased number of aircraft came after the ministry reported a fall that left analysts scratching their heads about what China’s military may be up to.

  • theprogressivist @lemmy.world
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    If there’s anytime for China to start encroaching would be now. The US is too busy being Israel’s bitch and Trump is a giant pussy.

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      Exactly… this is what happens when callous people who start wars to cover pedophilia and rape cannot plan half a move ahead

      Is the pedophile rapist going to start ANOTHER war front against a real enemy this time?

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      They know Biden would have intervened but that Trump is less likely to. During g his presidency seems more likely I guess? Idk, I don’t know shit

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        biden was a war monger so ofcourse he wouldve intevened

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      Any president who would have intervened is a moron. MAD didn’t go away just because the soviet union fell, nukes still exist.

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          ‘Oh you don’t want the extinction of humanity through global nuclear war? Why do you support the invasion of Taiwan’ how is there even 1 other person dumb enough to upvote this.

          Even a non-nuclear war with china is a terrible idea. They have 1.4 billion people and are the global manufacturing hub. If for some reason the war stayed non-nuclear the US would still be completely screwed if the war didn’t end in the first month.

          What does a successful intervention look like here. “stand there and let us bomb you, you aren’t allowed to strike back at us with ICBMs because that would be unfair. We only wanted to fight you in this theater of war where we don’t have anything at risk beyond our navy.” Ludicrous. The idea that the US should intervene is so obviously born out of decades of US imperialism1. You’ve gotten so comfortable with the idea of attacking functionally defenseless countries that you’ve forgotten that some countries can fight back.

          If you think the US should intervene to defend Taiwan do you also think China should intervene in the current war to defend Iran?

          1. or you bought in to the decade+ of very obviously manufactured consent but how much of a rube can you be.
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      If that were true, there would be no need for China to periodically talk about invading it or threatening military action against it. 😉 You can’t invade territory that’s already “yours”.

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        China never said they would “invade” per se, they say they would pursue Reunification

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          I think it’s adorable when you guys from .ml make alts and try to fly such dogshit propaganda in a place that actively hates you. You were defederated for a reason. You are not wanted, welcome or even tolerated. You’re a joke wasting your life getting shit on trying to evangelize a bastardization of Marxism.

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        You mean a nation which did a revolution and became super power on its own is a part of neo colony of epstien empire?

        Taiwan has long history of supporting apartheid south africa and israel, you are dis respecting by calling a country that has self respect part of a country that is built by losers of civil war and is neo colony of west

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          became super power on its own

          Russia: am I a joke to you?

          Taiwan has long history of supporting apartheid south africa and israel, you are dis respecting by calling a country that has self respect part of a country that is built by losers of civil war and is neo colony of west

          China doesn’t have self respect. Fuck look at what they have done to their neighbours lol

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            Lol russia? China majorly developed due to their own communist revolution. Ever heard about sino soviet split? Soviets didnt help them much.

            Everyone has skirmishes with their neighbors in asia, nothing special

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              Everyone has skirmishes with their neighbors in asia, nothing special

              Soooo everyone has “skirmishes” with their neighbours in the middle east? Nothing special?

              You think about what youre saying before you write?