China sends military aircraft to circle half of Taiwan

Taiwan News ^ | 2020/02/09 | Taiwan News, Staff Writer

[VAFreedom]

Er, Do they have time to worry about taiwan or are they afraid of seeing Wuchang(Wuhan) uprising history repeat again and see a powerful country fall?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Wag the dog.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It does sound like a warning to their own restive provinces and metro areas, doesn’t it?

[RummyChick]

here is a new story

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nine-members-hong-kong-family-infected-coronavirus-after-sharing-meal

but what does the hotpot have to do with it...this virus floats in the air. you dont need to eat from a hotpot to get it. you just have to breath

[Black Agnes]

Spreading virus?

[VAFreedom]

ah yes, i saw that report from various ethnic stations today. Eating hotpot probably increased the risk as, you’re sitting family style and eating from the same pot , which may or may not use ‘public’ serving spoon

[roadcat]

Spreading virus?

Now that's just plain mean! But that's a possibility, the way the Chinese government works!

[gnarledmaw]

I am ignorant of Taiwanese hotpot habits. The picture suggests that its normal to use your own chopsticks to serve yourself from the communal pot. If someone has it and gets saliva all over their chopsticks then sticks it in the pot then that becomes part of the ingredients. If the food isn’t still hot enough to kill the cooties then each eats the virus with every subsequent bite.

[Steve Van Doorn]

What ever happened must be over i don't see any of this on flightradar24
https://www.flightradar24.com/THA689/23d065a9

[Zhang Fei]

[Wag the dog.]

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[DIRTYSECRET]

Fly OVER the island and see what happens.

[PTBAA]

Was it a crop sprayer? (Misery loves company.)

[steve86]

"...this virus floats in the air. you dont need to eat from a hotpot to get it. you just have to breath"

I believe that this theoretical mode of transmission (with a small number of actual suspicious cases) is being over-emphasized at this point. This isn't weaponized anthrax.

[Lady Heron]

It is a communal pot of food where everyone is sticking their chopsticks into it to dig out a portion and dipping into sauces.

[ReformedBeckite]

Next week when ordered to do this they will fly them out of the county and never return, basically going AWOL.

[Mariner]

It’s not possible to circle half an island.

[silverleaf]

Taiwan just closed shipping from the mainland?

[Celtic Conservative]

Just add some szechuan chile sauce. That’ll kill just about anything.

CC

[Fai Mao]

“but what does the hotpot have to do with it.’

Especially since everything in the hotpot is BOILING.

If the virus can survive boiling in the water we really are doomed

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You would have preferred "Look Squirrel!"

This really is no time for China to be playing chest beating games with Taiwan. Or perhaps Xi not only looks like Winnie the Pooh but is like him in other ways. A person of very little brain.