Posted on 07/30/2022 11:07:12 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.
The ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, was conducting “live-fire exercises” near the Pingtan islands off Fujian province from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., the official Xinhua News Agency said. The Maritime Safety Administration warned ships to avoid the area.
Such exercises usually involve artillery. The one-sentence announcement gave no indication whether Saturday’s exercise also might include missiles, fighter planes or other weapons.
Pelosi, who would be the highest-ranking American elected official to visit Taiwan since 1997, has yet to confirm whether she will go. President Xi Jinping warned his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, in a phone call Thursday against “external interference” in Beijing’s dealings with the island.
China says Taiwan has no right to conduct foreign relations. It sees visits by American officials as encouragement for the island to make its decades-old de facto independence official.
The Ministry of Defense warned Washington this week not to allow Pelosi, who is Biden’s equal in rank as leader of one of three branches of government, to visit Taiwan. A spokesman said the PLA would take unspecified “strong measures” to stop pro-independence activity.
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Hope someone with some brains tells her to stay home.
What could possibly go wrong?
Forget it China Nancy want her duty free
If we are lucky, the Chinese will capture crazy Pelosi and send her to the labor camps in China. which will be a great relief to the world. Mind you, they can’t get much work out of her. Chuckle.
I’m sure “brave me” was focus grouped and that’s why she was convinced to go. As usual, the political aspects of her every move is what’s important, not that she might get shot down and start WWIII.
Taiwan is so close to China I can’t see us heading over there and what ‘freeing’ Taiwan. All China has to do is take her again. Right there, no problem moving anyone into the area to protect their acquisition.
Who is next in the line of succession?
With these commies in charge I can see a Red dawn scenario happening. You think I’m nuts?
The Chinese have a massive 1.4 Billion people, and by far the biggest army in the world, plus a massive manufacturing base.
Don’t be so quick to bet against them.
MooGoo Zi Ping playing 3D chess...while BidenCo plays tiddly-winks.
If we are lucky, the Chinese will capture crazy Pelosi and send her to the labor camps in China. which will be a great relief to the world. Mind you, they can’t get much work out of her. Chuckle.
Crazy Nanzi Pelozi tearing up Trump’s state of the union speech!
Nancy will probably cancel and say she tested positive for COVID or Monkeypox
Monkey see, monkey do. Putin’s actions have made Xi Jinping feel neglected on the world stage.
First off, I don’t think you’d find anything near the level of primal violence you saw on Okinawa. There would not be Taiwanese Chinese mothers throwing their babies off cliffs rather than to surrender them to the Chinese communists. Your point is very well taken though. Why invade when you could starve them out. Invasion or blockade, it all comes down to what will the USN do at crunch time. The sinking of a US carrier is the point of no return.
Red Dawn
Nancy will not go to Taiwan.
She and Biden and Eric Swalwell do not want to irritate their best friends in China.
She will back out.
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