> Because such an aggressive “in your face” provocation would have generated a firestorm of international criticism and condemnation.
ok, through a reliably neutral country then. trusting mainland china for anything much less strategic diplomacy signaling strains credibility imho.
ok, through a reliably neutral country then. trusting mainland china for anything much less strategic diplomacy signaling strains credibility imho.
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Understood, but I believe the delivery of the message through the Chinese was for the purpose of what is commonly referred to as “plausible deniability”. Simply a translation misunderstanding, yada, yada!