Posted on 10/03/2021 5:10:37 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Taiwan fears war with China after multiple aircraft enter air defence zone
Foreign minister appeals to Australia for help with security and intelligence
Taiwan welcomed the recent AUKUS agreement between US, UK and Australia
The small nation has complained about China's intimidation for more than a year
A senior member of the Taiwan government has appealed to Australia for help as the small, independent territory fears an imminent invasion by China.
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said countries such as Australia should develop closer ties with Taiwan as it faced a growing threat from its giant neighbour, which has always considered Taiwan part of its territory and not an independent nation.
Taiwan had complained of China sending huge numbers of military aircraft into its airspace over the past year, ramping up to nearly 100 incursions over a recent three-day period.
Its Defence Ministry said that 39 PLA aircraft entered the zone last Saturday alone, a development that saw Taiwan scramble its own jets in readiness for combat.
'If China is going to launch a war against Taiwan we will fight to the end, and that is our commitment,' Mr Wu told the ABC's China Tonight program.
'I'm sure that if China is going to launch an attack against Taiwan, they are going to suffer tremendously as well.'
Mr Wu said the backing of 'like-minded' countries such as the United States and Australia, which does not formally recognise Taiwan as a sovereign nation, were needed to constrain China's territorial ambitions in the region.
'We would like to engage in security or intelligence exchanges with other like-minded partners, Australia included, so Taiwan is better prepared to deal with the war situation,' he said.
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maybe they should tell them that they need help enforcing COVID lockdowns
Just tell them Chinese pilots are unvaccinated and Australia will shoot police officers at them.
Imminent as in maybe 20 years from now. How do they plan on getting an invasion force there?
Because they know the suck-ass Biden administration won’t lift a finger to help.
Is there any reason China wouldn’t attack given the current situation?
They know America, under Biden, is worthless as an ally.
When you cannot count on the USA because the Democrats are owned by the ChiComs….
Was thinking the same thing that you posted. Except buzzing the island isn’t really mounting an invasion. Though it is hostile and they could be doing recon. If they do invade I think it would be hard to hide since they have to cross the sea to get there with a lot of equipment and soldiers. I did a quick search and the distance is about four times that of the English Channel.
Exactly.
Not to worry, the Aussies will be right there, just like Gallipoli.
China wants Taiwan to shoot down one of their planes so they can justify a full-scale attack.
Things are heating up round the world since the leftist came in to power.
Just read Israeli president Bennett warned the world it is preparing to act against Iran’s nuclear program as they’re weeks away from producing enough enriched nuclear material to produce a weapon.
War in the middle East between Israel and Iran, China acting out against Taiwan...could get interesting.
The invasion fleet is not yet ready. And they cannot be certain of knocking out the Taiwanese defensive systems.
The free Chinese could have developed their own captor mines and deployed them in large numbers. They may have studied Red Chinese dams, electrical nodes, communication networks and utility distribution systems for targeting. Sabotage of ports might hinder reinforcements after an initial landing. And Red leadership would be targeted for assassinations and they know it.
Read a few weeks ago that they were converting car carriers for just such a purpose.
What Taiwan could use in event of an Chicom invasion is more submarines to attack the Red Chinese naval forces.
2 things:
China knows that under Biden, the no allies can count on the U.S. for help.
Also, China has Biden blackmailed. Biden won’t do anything to stop China, and Taiwan is a goner, otherwise, Biden is the goner.
Hey Tawain,
In case you hadn’t heard
Australia
is CCPCovid’s biotch .
Ask Japan instead.
Jmho.
The Chicomms are trying to provoke a response that they can use as a pretext for war, kinda like Tonkin Gulf.
China wants Taiwan to shoot down one of their planes so they can justify a full-scale attack.
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