Kriggrel is the only one here who brought up Taiwan. This is serious enough to the Chicoms that should this trigger more protests throughout the country Xi may choose to go for broke as his entire rule may be threatened. Remember the Generals and the falklands?
Yes. Taiwan is a separate country that survived the partitican by Mao.
HK was to have a 50-year period of adjustment into China. The Corrupt Crown and International Banking went along in the belief that China’s entry into the WTO would bring her into a world where free trade was the guiding principle for peace and prosperity.
Deflect from the internal Chinese bad news cycle of poor economic performance. Swallow up HK and your GDP for internal consumption immediately jumps wiping out the poor economic performance.
Only if the world immediately protests by recalling the Ambassadors and breaking diplomatic relations will the force on the border be stopped.
Halting trade in ports, sending backs ship enroute, and stopping all Chicom shipping headed to western ports might be the appropriate message.
If we are to continue to do business with a county and philosophy that killed more people than Hitler and Stalin combined, then we are accessory to the continued murderous one party system in China and it really doesn’t matter when War starts because War happens when Laws no longer work.