Posted on 03/04/2024 9:04:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
China will boost its defense spending by 7.2% this year, fueling a military budget that has more than doubled under Xi Jinping’s decade-plus in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday. The increase mirrors the rate presented in last year’s budget and comes in above the government’s economic growth forecast for this year.
China also officially adopted tougher language against Taiwan as it released the budget figures, dropping the mention of “peaceful reunification” in a government work report delivered by Premier Li Qiang at the opening of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber-stamp parliament, on Tuesday.
Tensions have risen sharply in recent years over Taiwan, the democratically ruled island that China claims as its own. …
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Good thing we have in Biden a fearsome national leader leader.
I think we can guess the “October surprise”.
Which would elect Trump.
Gonna be awesome. In the meantime Krishna Garvey, Steve’s daughter(by Cindy)has filed for divorce today, March 4. It’s in unicorn.com.
Wonder if tomorrow’s primary has something to do with it. Cindy was a nut case and left home at 16 never returning. When the divorce came Steve was another Bill Clinton(with money).
The good news is that since ‘89 Steve has been in a stable marriage with 4 kids, 3 of which are his. I guess he turned out all right after all.
That’s unicourt.
Nobody was fooled by all that “peacefull” garbage.
Can’t reunify something never unified in the first place.
Chicoms are delusional psychos.
My thinking too. “Biteme” only knows how to wag the dog until he bites. And bite China will, with the blood of Taiwan. Kerchunk! Gone is Taiwan’s semi-conductor industry!
You will see it coming and there is nothing anyone will do about it.
This is why Israel fights.
Prepare to defend yourselves, no one else cares.
They have to make their move before President Trump 47 is sworn in.
Taiwan should seek reunification - with Japan.
“Taiwan should seek reunification - with Japan.”
They actually had good relations with Japan, even through WW2. Taiwan was about the only place that Japan treated its subjects humanely.
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