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Amid Recent Advances by China, Taiwan's Defence Min Expresses Concern, Says Military Tensions At Worst in More Than 40 Years
https://www.msn.com via news 18 ^ | 10/5/2021 | News 18

Posted on 10/05/2021 11:02:35 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

As China is ramping up its military might, Taiwan stands concerned that Beijing might mount a ‘full scale’ invasion by 2025. On Wednesday, Taiwan’s defence minister Chiu Kuo-cheng in the parliament said that military tensions with China are at their worst in more than 40 years – certainly the “most serious” since he joined the military.

Cheng further mentioned that there was an added risk of ‘misfire’ across the sensitive Taiwan Strait and that while China already has the required arsenal to take Taiwan by force. The cost of a “full scale” war for Beijing might be at its lowest by 2025, when a potential invasion seems likely, he added.

He further told news agency Reuters, “for me as a military man, the urgency is right in front of me. By 2025, China will bring the cost and attrition to its lowest. It has the capacity now, but it will not start a war easily, having to take many other things into consideration.”

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp; taiwan

1 posted on 10/05/2021 11:02:35 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

When Tony Blinken shows up you will know Taiwan is screwed.


2 posted on 10/05/2021 11:08:42 PM PDT by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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To: webheart

3 posted on 10/05/2021 11:11:19 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

China wouldn’t dare cross Biden...

R O T F . L M A O


4 posted on 10/05/2021 11:25:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

What flavor ice cream will Biden select for this?


5 posted on 10/05/2021 11:27:24 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The last line is Taiwan.

The ChiComs don’t fear Traitor Joe. He’s their tool.


6 posted on 10/05/2021 11:28:30 PM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! )
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To: DoughtyOne

Biden presidency just couldn’t get any worse I lived through Jimmy Carter and this POTUS is far worse which is quite an accomplishment!!!


7 posted on 10/05/2021 11:30:59 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: DoughtyOne

8 posted on 10/05/2021 11:31:23 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
Biden presidency just couldn’t get any worse I lived through Jimmy Carter and this POTUS is far worse which is quite an accomplishment!!!

It took Carter years to screw up what Biden did in days.

9 posted on 10/05/2021 11:34:59 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo
What flavor ice cream will Biden select for this?

Cherry and strawberry, the closest to communist red.

10 posted on 10/05/2021 11:38:24 PM PDT by Mark17 (USAF ATCer, Retired. Father of USAF pilot. ATCers & pilots, the quintessential elements of aviation)
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To: RomanSoldier19; Roman_War_Criminal; Tilted Irish Kilt; null and void; Diana in Wisconsin; ...

Keep on prepping.


11 posted on 10/06/2021 12:03:38 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: gitmo

Nice observation, and nice tagline (I teach theology).


12 posted on 10/06/2021 12:06:33 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: metmom

Rumors of war...


13 posted on 10/06/2021 12:09:05 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: SaveFerris; metmom

I wonder if Taiwan has nucs”? If they do, I have a feeling, that rather than let the Chinese push them into the sea, mushroom clouds ☁️ will be seen over China.


14 posted on 10/06/2021 12:57:03 AM PDT by Mark17 (USAF ATCer, Retired. Father of USAF pilot. ATCers & pilots, the quintessential elements of aviation)
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To: Mark17

They are probably goners either way so they have nothing to lose by deploying them.

One at Three Gorges Dam would be very effective. More mileage out of that one than simply hitting a city. Imagine how far the fallout and radioactivity would spread if a water supply were hit, not to mention polluting the water supply.


15 posted on 10/06/2021 6:09:04 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: Hieronymus

I don’t recall what thought process led to my tagline. I think it was probably my failure to walk in what I believe.

I spent a year and a half trying to understand how Paul goes from Romans 7:19 to Romans 8:1. How did he make that transition?

It is a marvelous thing.


16 posted on 10/06/2021 7:48:07 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo

I once had a marvelous conversation on religion at a wedding with a Jewish man on various forms of observance, and he had the wonderfully insightful line “it is not a question of whether or not religious people are hypocrites, but merely what type of hypocrisy they are willing to tolerate in themselves and to what extent.” (The line is, I believe, amplified by my reflections, but the thought is very much his).


17 posted on 10/06/2021 11:12:26 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I know what you mean.

Yep, Biden has a team thinking up this stuff behind the
scenes.

They’re anxious to get everything they can done, before
the election situation blows up.

It may yet...


18 posted on 10/06/2021 11:45:35 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Washington, D.C. Bob...


19 posted on 10/06/2021 11:46:13 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: Hieronymus

That sounds like Jewish sayings, all right. (I have several rabbi friends and other Jewish friends.)


20 posted on 10/06/2021 12:13:28 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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