Tag: Republic of China Armed Forces

US Navy Aircraft Transits Taiwan Strait, China Responds (+the U.S. is not obligated to defend Taiwan)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

US Navy Aircraft Transits Taiwan Strait, China Responds

The U.S. Navy’s 7th fleet said a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday.

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Around once a month, U.S. military ships or aircraft pass through or above the waterway that separates democratically governed Taiwan from China – missions that always anger Beijing. China claims sovereignty over the island of Taiwan and says it has jurisdiction over the strait. Taiwan and the United States dispute that, saying the strait is an international waterway.

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TO BE ATTACKED BY THE ENEMY IS NOT A BAD THING BUT A GOOD THING

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

TO BE ATTACKED BY THE ENEMY IS NOT A BAD THING BUT A GOOD THING

“It is good if we are attacked by the enemy, since it proves that we have drawn a clear line of demarcation between the enemy and ourselves. It is still better if the enemy attacks us wildly and paints us as utterly black and without a single virtue. It demonstrates that we have not only drawn a clear line of demarcation between the enemy and ourselves but achieved a great deal in our work.” 

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Philippines Gunning For Fast And Massive Military Build-Up + More

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Full video.

MANILA –“We are not satisfied with minimum [deterrence capability alone]…movement is life, stagnation is death,” Colonel Micheal Logico, a top strategist at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), recently told this reporter when asked about the country’s evolving defense strategy.“We [need] to elevate ourselves into a world-class armed forces,” he added.

Philippines Gunning For Fast And Massive Military Build-Up

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Taiwan: the technology trade turn

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Taiwan has a general election on Saturday. The international media has highlighted the election as an important geopolitical pivot – namely, if the current incumbent government party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), wins the presidency and legislature and continues its call for formal (not just de facto) independence from mainland China, that will mean intensified attacks on Taiwan by Beijing, perhaps leading to military conflict.

Taiwan: the technology trade turn

US congressman explains ‘blowing up’ Taiwan comment

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English Tsai & US want to blow up Taiwan’s TSMC! What is new? US blew up Russia-Germany gas pipeline, sent missiles to destroy Chinese Ambassy… 蔡英蔡文和美國聯手要炸台灣台積電！美國什麼不能幹? 美國炸毀俄德天然氣管道，發射導彈摧毀中國大使館…

♬ original sound – johnsonwkchoi

Seth Moulton claimed the video quoting him about chip-making factories was Chinese “disinformation”

US congressman explains ‘blowing up’ Taiwan comment

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