The guys on Fox News already beat you to a dead pool.
Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis
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The guys on Fox News already beat you to a dead pool.
There's a few videos like that on Weibo too, I saw a train load of what looks like a brigade of PCL-191 with support vehicles and crew in passenger cars moving as one train. Can't find it anymore.
Stake me in as well, if it doesnt end up getting "hot" in August 2022 between China and US (as in someone killed or some plane shot down, ship sank, nuke go off, etc) I will voluntarily leave the forum in shame. Im this sure that its for real this time, this feels just like right before the Ukraine thingy... its happening folks , I just hope the forum stays online and there is not malfunction of Internets of power grids or a blinding white light
BJP Masterstroke again.
Russia China USA all at war at each other while India is Superpower 2020!
Does somebody know a good mason, maybe we can preorder a tombstone for nancy
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If something does happen this forum would probably get banned.
supercat
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TBH, China should take the Taiping island in the SCS using this opportunity.
I guess no more visit to Vietnam anytime soon.
She has other options which will defy any Chinese interception:
Trump just said something like this during a radio interview, and I agree: if she doesn't go, it shows weakness; if she goes, it shows stupidity.
What's to square? If I were in Xi's position my only concern would be to advance my country's interest. I would go to the Vice Chairman of the CMC and ask him if China's forces were ready to 1) Clear the US out of the western Pacific, and 2) Make sure they can never again establish a presence here. If his answer is yes to both and with acceptable Chinese losses, I would order him to open fire. Simple as that, that's my only criterion.
Xi seeking a third term is about far more than Taiwan. It's about making sure Chinese development is on track to transition from a peripheral producer of cheap plastic knick-knacks to the wealthiest and most technologically advanced economy on Earth. Taiwan is a footnote; so long as they stay in their box, they'll be dealt with when the time is right.
Yes, resolving this during Xi's tenure would be nice, but be careful how you parse "pass on the burden". It would be unacceptable to pass on to future generations a hopeless situation, but not only is it acceptable to pass on a balance of power that's shifting more and more toward China, it's preferable. You're not passing on a burden, you're passing on the glory to them. You're foregoing it for yourself and passing it on because that's what's in China's best interest.
escobar
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interesting development.
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