Posted on 04/11/2026 6:01:10 AM PDT by DFG
As the United States turns its focus away from Asia and dials in on the Middle East, China is reportedly ramping up its deployment of naval power on the high seas.
The Chinese navy and coast guard have deployed 100 vessels in the East and South China Seas, according to information that two Taiwanese security officials told Reuters.
China’s presence is highly heightened when compared with the usual strength in the theater of about 50-60 ships, according to a statement that one official provided to Reuters.
However, these ships are nowhere to be seen on the map. They are all operating with their transponders turned off, according to open source websites like VesselFinder, which do not show any naval assets in the region besides a few coast guard ships at the time of this article’s publication.
“I think that China is ramping up because they know that the Americans are essentially out of power projection in the Indo-Pacific region for years,” Brandon Weichert, a former congressional staffer and national security expert, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“We’re sending two carriers to the Indo-Pacific presently, but there is no way that Trump will seriously do anything to risk a war with Xi over Taiwan,” Weichert said.
“Safeguarding the common homeland through peaceful development” was a point made by Chinese President Xi Jinping in an official Chinese Communist Party meeting. This was relayed by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Mao Ning, in an X post. This contradicts the military escalation in the area.
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NEVER trust the Chinese.
“Hello Xi. It’s Trump. Our navy is busy, as you may noticed. I just want you to know that if you make a move on Taiwan, I’ll nuke the Three Gorges Dam. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
And if you do then I’ll take out Hoover Dam.
That oddly reads like Weichert is extending an invite (or dare) for Xi to try for Taiwan.
There’s a junk joke in there but I’ll let someone else find it.
Turn of the noise.
Iranian Regime Split into Multiple Factions, Trump Admin Playing Them Against Each Other During Talks..
https://youtu.be/cQ3GmGmzV8k?si=EELxvnbKa6e3dCWU
TRUMP. Except no substitutes. +1
The message from Beijing is unmistakable: Keep massing around Iran if you must. But don’t be surprised when the real test of American resolve doesn’t come from Tehran—it comes from the Taiwan Strait, with the People’s Liberation Army Navy already in position and Xi smiling at Taiwan’s opposition leader across the table at their recent meeting. The dragon isn’t sleeping. It’s watching, waiting, and forcing Washington to choose. History will record whether we chose wisely—or whether we let ourselves be played.
China won’t do anything
Correct.
Japan is watching China like a hawk.
Please.
Hayek and Von Mises were correct about "comparative advantage" economically on a theoretical basis, but they didn't understand the need for paying the price of bearing differential production costs for political reasons, something conservatives failed to grasp for way too long while Bushes and Clinton allowed regulatory agencies to ruin American manufacturing.
Wall Street betrayed this country chasing boomer 401k money, while the latter failed to grasp the import, so to speak. The Fed used it to mask inflation from deficit spending. And so on. I can point to any number of institutions who've played their part, but the bottom line has been degrading education for over a century.
Just stay clear of our operations.
Accept.
i said it years ago.
the chinese are all about scale.
if we have 7 fleets... they’ll produce 70 or more.
That’s ok, we’re drilling and practicing and engaging near iran.
SOUNDS RIGHT
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