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"10-15 by 2030" - last I heard they wanted to be ready to invade by 2027, are we now thinking later?
Taiwan and China thread.
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War doing some heavy lifting there.
Well I mean one side doing war things is still a war, even if the other side is pathetic
That may be better in the Trump thread, the odd person seems to think it's not about oil.The war on drugs
Still, at least it's not going to "other places"
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2 hour war.
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Apparently attacking your neighbours is ok. I'm sure China got the memo clearly. Might is right after all.
Nobody stopped Russia.
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And whilst I don't have any concerns over the fate of Maduro this kind of move effectively endorses the Russian Worldview. "Our sphere of influence".
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Yep Trump is giving approval to Russia and China's geopolitical view - which is the multipolar world - a world ruled by a handful of major powers and those powers exert dominance and control on their neighbours. For Russia that means it gets to control Eastern Europe and Central Asia; for China it gets to control Southern Asia and the South China Sea; the USA gets to control Canada and Latin America; England gets to control Scotland, Wales and Ireland; Australia gets to control New Zealand, the South Pacific islands and Timor Sea and so forth - you get the picture
This world view helps Russia tremendously, not only do they have large buffer zones from their enemies, but also there is no one large power that can dominate Europe: England, France and Germany are all too weak and that means in a multi polar world Europe is fractured and weak, making them more likely to fight eachother and not Russia
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If China is going to invade in next decade they should go for it while Trump is in office - pretty much any other previous president would guarantee a military response. But under Trump there has to be a chance they would get away with it.
Personally I think invasion is going to cripple the worlds economy (including China's). But I don't think logic will come into it - current leadership wants to leave a legacy, and reuniting with Taiwan would do that for them.
Personally I think invasion is going to cripple the worlds economy (including China's). But I don't think logic will come into it - current leadership wants to leave a legacy, and reuniting with Taiwan would do that for them.
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Superpower worldview isn't new. Those with the most military and resources have always taken more.
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Sounds like Venezuela needed some freedom?
Then someone should have done something about it. China nab land. Russia nab land. Turkey nab land. The US...seemingly hasn't and won't in this instance.
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Interesting but given RAM prices, I'm no longer bothered if the West lose TSMC
China won't care, it's been focusing on it's resilience for a long time to weather such an event, the West can barely build railways now.
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Have a google or AI Search on why China won’t be invading Taiwan anytime soon. Fertiliser and their old 1 child policy are the main reasons, which why they are playing silly war games and applying political/cyber pressure.
IIRC even Jimmy Carr mentioned it in one of his standups.
IIRC even Jimmy Carr mentioned it in one of his standups.