Tuesday, July 26, 2022

China, Taiwan, and the Next Ukraine?

 Concerned? The US has recently called China the major threat to the US and is building up military alliances in the Pacific region to counter this "threat''. Taiwan is recognized, even by the US, as part of China.'' The 1979 U.S.–P.R.C. Joint Communiqué switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. In the Joint Communiqué, the United States recognized the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, acknowledging the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China.''(Wikipedia) Yet Biden says he will use military force if China tries to assert its authority over Taiwan. This is a Ukraine situation. The US sells weapons to Taiwan, has its fleets sailing around the waters about Taiwan and China, treats China as a de facto enemy, and then says it is concerned the Chinese might react negatively. The Constitution gives the conduct of foreign affairs to the president not to Pelosi so all this talk about trying to get Pelosi not to make this provocative trip is all hokum to befool the American people. Does anyone believe the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives would defy the wishes of president Biden if he really didn't want her to go to Taiwan. The US wants to provoke China, as it did Russia, to justify more American military spending and presence in the Pacific theatre. It's bad enough the American masses fall for this ruling class propaganda, it's tragic that Left wing groups and political leaders also do so.

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