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The US State Department issued a statement on Sunday, saying the PLA was conducting intensive training exercises over Taiwan island's self-proclaimed southwest air defense identification zone in the past few days. The statement accused the PLA of carrying out "provocative military activities" that “undermines regional peace and stability", adding "the US commitment to Taiwan is rock solid.” The Taiwan foreign affairs department immediately expressed gratitude to the Biden administration.
During the National Day holiday, the number of the PLA fighter jets and other military planes set a record high in their sorties over the Taiwan Straits. The intensive actions of the PLA Air Force are not only a severe warning to the secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities on the island, but also clearly portrayed the severity of the situation across the Taiwan Straits, and at the same time gave a clear warning to the supporters of the DPP authorities.
The peaceful atmosphere that existed in the area only a few years ago has all but disappeared, and the DPP authorities now openly refer to PLA fighters as "enemy aircraft".
They have constantly hyped up claims that they are at the forefront of the so-called democratic world to resist "authoritarian rule”. The strategic collusion between the US and Japan and the DPP authorities is becoming more audacious, and the situation across the Taiwan Straits has almost lost any room for maneuver teetering on the edge of a face-off, creating a sense of urgency that the war maybe triggered at any time.
The secessionist forces on the island will never be allowed to secede Taiwan from China under whatever names or by whatever means, and, the island will not be allowed to act as an outpost of the US’ strategic containment against China. The US government and the DPP authorities are trying to deeply integrate the island into the US’ Indo-Pacific strategy targeting China. The Chinese mainland will not tolerate the integration of the island and the US.
The curtain of preparations for a comprehensive military struggle by the Chinese mainland has obviously been drawn open. The PLA's military drills in the Taiwan Straits are no longer limited to declaring China’s sovereignty over the island, but to implement various forms of assembly, mobilization, assault and logistical preparations that are required to take back the island of Taiwan. It has increasingly become the new mainstream public opinion on the Chinese mainland that the mainland should make earnest preparations based on the possibility of combat.
Resolving the Taiwan question and realizing national reunification has never become so weightier on the shoulders of all Chinese people. Not only the US, but also some other countries like India and Japan are trying to use the Taiwan question as a card to play against Beijing. A fundamental solution to the Taiwan question is becoming all the more reasonable day by day.
If the US and the DPP authorities do not take the initiative to reverse the current situation, the Chinese mainland's military punishment for "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces will eventually be triggered. Time will prove that this warning is not just a verbal threat. -
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With the USA big stick behind them prodding for confrontation, the Taiwanese, like the Japs cannot make their own decisions. The purpose of selling more and more arms to Taiwan is to give Taiwan a false sense of security and improve the prospect of war, not make Taiwan more secure. That is the reality.
If war breaks out, China does not even have to invade Taiwan. Just the declaration of a war zone across the Straits with no interaction between them will probably make sure Taiwan is strangled economically with a slow agonising downfall If Taiwan do the unthinkable and attack China (for what? Takeover?) that will change the whole script and the consequences will be no holds barred situation and Taiwan would realistically disappear.
China is next door, while the USA is thousands of miles away. How long can they endure and support Taiwan in a prolonged war? China can wait 150 years to retake Hong Kong. What is a decade or two to them? The USA could not continue the pretension after 20 years in Afghanistan. They could not endure a long war in South Vietnam and were defeated by the North Vietnamese, fighting a war thousands of miles away from home ground. They had to exit in defeat with their tails between their legs. Logistically, they are already on the losing end of the bargain.
Nuclear? No one will be left o tell the story or write the history books!Anonymous
Young male Taiwanese soldiers don't have the will and morale to fight China as they know it will be a devastating losing battle against a superpower, and it's not worth getting hurt for the DPP.
ReplyDeleteThe Taiwanese generals would not want to fight China. They would open the door and welcome them into Taiwan.
ReplyDeleteThe young are too smart to want to be the punching bags of China.
Only idiots would think of fighting China, like the silly Aussies.
What Do Taiwanese Think of China’s Record-Setting Incursions Into Taiwan’s ADIZ?
ReplyDeleteApart from the psychological warfare aspect, the flybys could be potentially aimed at influencing domestic Taiwanese politics. Chinese incursions into Taiwan’s ADIZ can benefit the pro-unification Kuomintang (KMT) or Nationalist Party, which has sought to attack the Tsai administration with the claim that it has been unable to maintain stable cross-strait relations. The KMT has attributed this to Tsai’s failure to acknowledge the 1992 Consensus, while depicting the Tsai administration as having been overly provocative toward China. Although the Tsai administration has shifted away from overt pro-independence advocacy and toward a pro-status quo position, the KMT has sought to frame the DPP as seeking to advance its pro-independence agenda in a way that is fundamentally destabilizing to cross-strait relations.
Chinese flybys, then, along with other military exercises, can give ammunition to the KMT’s arguments. That being said, Chinese threats against Taiwan don’t always have Beijing’s desired effect. For example, after a January 2019 speech by Xi Jinping in which Xi stated that force was still on the table if Taiwan resisted efforts at unification, the public rallied behind Tsai. As a result, Tsai was able to put down challenges from the deep Green spectrum of her party and the KMT was momentarily forced to tone down its positions. Similarly, the Tsai administration used the crackdown on the 2019 Hong Kong protests as an example of Chinese force that could potentially be applied to Taiwan in the future, using this to build momentum for its victorious 2020 presidential re-election bid.
Likewise, it is not true that Chinese military threats dominate the headlines in Taiwan. Certainly the record-breaking flybys were a front-page news item, but they appeared alongside a number of other headlines. News headlines from international media may paint a misleading picture of reactions in Taiwan, where domestic responses were still comparatively muted. It may be the case that China has not yet been successful in building a narrative of progressive escalating threats to Taiwan, with military threats having occurred too often in such a manner that they become a repetitive news item that the public is used to. Frequently hyperbolic reporting from Taiwanese media, including on cross-strait issues, could be another factor as to why the Chinese flybys may be seen in a less serious light.
If the number of Chinese warplanes dispatched to Taiwan’s ADIZ continues to increase, it remains to be seen whether this moves the needle of Taiwanese public opinion. It is possible that China will continue military activity in the coming days, because the ROC’s national holiday, Double Ten Day, is coming up on October 10. Tsai is expected to give a speech on the occasion, which will also see military displays, though public celebrations will not take place in light of COVID-19. An ongoing visit to Taiwan by former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot, an upcoming visit to Taiwan by French senators, or visits to Czechia, Lithuania, and Slovakia by Taiwanese delegations could provide other occasions for China to show its displeasure, potentially leading to more military threats.
Caught between China and the US, Asean must make itself heard
ReplyDeleteWith regard to the Australia-UK-US security alliance, Rizal Sukma, a former Indonesian ambassador to Britain, noted: “Some are supportive, like Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Some are opposed, like Malaysia, and there are those who are concerned, including Indonesia. Others remain silent, such as Brunei and Laos.”
Although Asean often affirms its aspirations to centrality in regional security affairs, in reality, this would depend on its unity. If it wants to stem the drift into regional instability and conflict, it must find sufficient common ground to tell America and China what it would like them to do and not do.
Asean members are trying to avoid choosing between the two powers. In the words of former Malaysian foreign affairs minister Hishammuddin Hussein, “Southeast Asia intends to remain the master of its own destiny.”
Not INDIA for sure !
ReplyDeleteThey are so happy sleeping with India. So how can India influence them? Send more Indians over, we have many top positions waiting for CECA Indians to fill.
ReplyDeleteWhen India screwed them, they would scream in orgasmic delight, harder, harder, harder.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the position of DBS bank in India now? Still struggling for life in the black hole of Calcutta?
ReplyDeleteThey dare not talk about it. What happened to all the claims against DBS? All paid or all cleared?
ReplyDeleteNo stupid MP would dare to ask in parliament? Or no MP smart enough to remember what happened?
Maybe now top secret. Not good to know. No necessity to know.
CapitaLand Builds First Hope School in India for INR 45 Million to Provide Children with Access to Education
ReplyDeleteCapitaLand Group through its philanthropic arm CapitaLand Hope Foundation (CHF), has launched its first CapitaLand Hope School in India, contributing INR 45 million to provide over 400 primary school children from low-income families with access to education. Located in Mahadevapura, Bangalore, about 6 km from CapitaLand’s International Tech Park Bangalore (ITPB), the 18,000 sq ft Government Hi-Tech Kannada and English Medium Higher Primary School has eight classrooms, a staff room, a multi-purpose room, a playground, as well as assembly and dining areas. This is the 30th CapitaLand Hope School aimed at providing children with a better start in life through education.
CapitaLand Hope School in India was built over 18 months through a collective effort of 20 CapitaLand staff volunteers. CapitaLand staff from ITPB provided their real estate expertise to Karnataka Education Department including designing and managing the development of the school. Staff volunteers teamed up with the children and added finishing touches to a ‘Hope Wall’ with painted handprints. Specially designed by Indian contemporary artist Ms Nicoline Rodrigues, the wall was unveiled at a ceremony for the handover of the school on 2 October 2021.
Mr Vinamra Srivastava, CEO, India Business Parks, CapitaLand Investment(1) , said: “Our first CapitaLand Hope School in India is part of our ongoing corporate responsibility efforts to support the educational needs and well-being of children from the community. Our efforts over the last 10 years include providing school necessities to children under My Schoolbag programme(2), as well as leveraging our expertise to build and refurbish government schools. More recently, we supported India’s COVID-19 relief efforts, committing about INR 197 million. We plan to build two more CapitaLand Hope Schools in Bangalore and Pune. I would like to thank Karnataka Education Department for their support, and our staff for their contribution to build our first CapitaLand Hope School. As we grow our business here, we will continue to give back to the community.”
See lah, when they brought in thousands of foreign students to study in Singapore you complained.
ReplyDeleteSo they quietly go to India to build schools to educate Indian children.
Last time they used garment resources and money. Now they used private company's resources and money. LPPL.
The unemployment of Indians is Singapore's problem. The employment of Indians is Singapore's responsibility.
The education of Indian children is also Singapore's responsibility.
How come like dat? Because we have too much money don't know where to spend or how to spend.
U.S. Troops Have Been Deployed in Taiwan for at Least a Year - WSJ
ReplyDeleteSmall presence of Americans secretly training local forces marks concern over China’s yearslong military buildup and recent moves
A U.S. special-operations unit and a contingent of Marines have been secretly operating in Taiwan to train military forces there, U.S. officials said, part of efforts to shore up the island’s defenses as concern regarding potential Chinese aggression mounts.
About two dozen members of U.S. special-operations and support troops are conducting training for small units of Taiwan’s ground forces, the officials said. The U.S. Marines are working with local maritime forces on small-boat training. The American forces have been operating in Taiwan for at least a year, the officials said.
White House and Pentagon officials declined to comment on the deployment of the U.S. military force. There was no immediate response to requests for comment from Taipei. The deployment is rotational, the U.S. officials said, meaning that members of the U.S. units serve on a variable schedule.
Asian media reports last year suggesting a possible U.S. Marine deployment in Taiwan were never confirmed by U.S. officials. The presence of U.S. special operations forces hasn’t been previously reported.
The special-operations unit and the Marine contingent are a small but symbolic effort by the U.S. to increase Taipei’s confidence in building its defenses against potential Chinese aggression. Current and former U.S. government officials and military experts believe that deepening ties between U.S. and Taiwan military units is better than simply selling Taiwan military equipment.
“Taiwan badly neglected its national defense for the first 15 years or so of this century, buying too much expensive equipment that will get destroyed in the first hours of a conflict, and too little in the way of cheaper but lethal systems—antiship missiles, smart sea mines and well-trained reserve and auxiliary forces—that could seriously complicate Beijing’s war plans,” said Matt Pottinger, a distinguished visiting fellow at Stanford University’s conservative Hoover Institution who served as a deputy national security adviser during the Trump administration.
Mr. Pottinger said Taiwan’s overall military spending was similar to that of Singapore, which has a quarter of Taiwan’s population and “doesn’t have China breathing down its neck.” Mr. Pottinger said he was unaware of any American troop deployment to Taiwan.
In May, Christopher Maier, who later became assistant secretary of defense for special operations, told the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing that the U.S. should be considering strongly such a deployment of forces to help Taiwan strengthen its capabilities. Mr. Maier, who worked at the Pentagon under the Trump administration, didn’t say that special-operations forces already were operating there.
China is likely to view the presence of the U.S. military forces as a violation of commitments made by Washington in past agreements.
No Weapon can Deter the Unshakable Determination of 1.4 Billion Chinese to Realize National Reunification
ReplyDeleteChina able to counter US move of ‘playing Taiwan card’ by massive military actions
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted massive military actions in the airspace near the island of Taiwan in recent days to deter secessionism and foreign forces, especially the US, who support the secessionist authorities in the island, and the latest remarks made by US senior officials and the secessionist Taiwan authorities showed that the tensions are unlikely to ease.
The secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority on the island have realized the danger but failed to correct their mistakes, and even strengthened their connection and military cooperation with foreign forces to seek secessionism, as Tsai Ing-wen, the regional leader of the island, on Thursday told visiting Western politicians to the island that her authorities will seek to work with other “like-minded democracies,” Reuters reported on Thursday.
Chinese mainland experts warned that the DPP authority’s move to seek secessionism and support from the US and its allies are the reasons why regional peace and stability are damaged, and Tsai’s attempt will only prompt tougher and heavier responses from the mainland and even speed up the process of China’s national reunification.
On Tuesday, US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the US will release a strategic guidance document this week outlining how the US Navy and US Marine Corps will maintain maritime dominance globally to contain China, even to deter the Chinese mainland from reunifying Taiwan, according to Defense News, a US media outlet on global defense information.
Experts said Taiwan is no longer “a ‘card’ that could be played only by the US” to pressure China, as the mainland can also effectively counter US provocations in the region by undertaking massive military actions around the island.
It is impossible for any foreign force to deter or stop the process of China's reunification as the mainland is determined to crack down on all kinds of foreign intervention and capable of doing so, and could reunify the island by force if necessary. The only thing that matters for the US and its allies is that how big a price they want to pay to test China’s strength and determination on this matter.
In an attempt to counter the PLA, Taiwan’s defense authorities on Tuesday submitted a draft proposal of an extra military spending of NT$240 billion ($8.6 billion) over the next five years, and the spending will go mostly toward naval weapons, including missiles and warships, Reuters reported.
The PLA can easily intercept Taiwan’s missiles with sea-based, air-based or land-based air defense systems, and can destroy their launch positions even before they are launched, or use electronic jamming to make them lose their targets.
That the island of Taiwan’s attempts to resist reunification by force cannot succeed, and no matter what weapons the Taiwan secessionists make or buy, they cannot change the fact that the PLA has overwhelming advantages in the Taiwan Straits and surrounding areas, analysts said, stressing that once the mainland decides to solve the Taiwan question by force, no weapon can deter the unshakable determination of 1.4 billion people to realize national reunification.
Why just two dozen members? Why secretly? The US should send 240 servicemen publicly, in US military uniform, and make public where they are stationed. See whether the PLA will launch a targeted air strike to eliminate those US invaders!
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