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MissCleo User ID: 77082640 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:49 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Japan occupied Chinese territories during World War 2, after Japan was hit by the Spanish Flu and Japan's economy suffered greatly as a result of the Great Depression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 Will China do to Japan what Japan did to China during World War 2? ![]() why are you cheering for China from the Philippines? I am not cheering for anyone. I am saying history will repeat itself, and China will seize this opportunity to pay back Japan what it did to them during World War 2. YES! Spot on!!! And Pakistan is in it, working with China and has 100 nukes. But Pakistan's motive is to expand the Middle East (Caliphate) using the opportunity that China is presenting. Not far behind Pakistan is Iran... all falling in line. Wipe out the opposition male soldiers with disease is the first step. Unfortunately Australia burning was also clearing a path. It's all unfolding. Good thread. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78465758 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? They have no upper hand that's there propaganda there navy will last less then 24 hours then all there oil and supply chain by sea will be cut. The x 37 fleet in orbit will destroy all of there Hypersonic glide vehicles any place on earth. They have no ability to move mass military equipment or manpower. It's all talk they gave loans to most Asian countries and expect to repossess land by default starting with the Philippines. That's there plan of conquest just like in Africa |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72732461 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? China has 0 combat experience Americans on the other hand are extremely battle hardened. The Chinese military would be shock and awed right to the mainland Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78465758 But the Chinese already have an upper hand if the war is fought in Asia and not America. Having the war on your homelands front door is an advantage in combat? Wow stunning low iq. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78442742 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? It is my current belief, that admittedly I can only ‘defend’ through a personal guy-feeling, that the Coronavirus will in some way or another bring about open worldwide warfare, i.e.: WWIII. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78340688 I don't believe you're alone with this thought. |
Jake User ID: 77849624 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Is America willing to go to war versus China over Taiwan and its supposed allies like Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, in case China decides to claim these territories for itself? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 probably Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance! Definition Satan from the bible: Satan (Rev 12:7) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27908011 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? China has 0 combat experience Americans on the other hand are extremely battle hardened. The Chinese military would be shock and awed right to the mainland Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78465758 But the Chinese already have an upper hand if the war is fought in Asia and not America. Having the war on your homelands front door is an advantage in combat? Wow stunning low iq. This site is full of stupid people that havent the foggiest idea of war, most that think like him are liberals. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78465833 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Japan occupied Chinese territories during World War 2, after Japan was hit by the Spanish Flu and Japan's economy suffered greatly as a result of the Great Depression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 Will China do to Japan what Japan did to China during World War 2? ![]() Japan, like Israel, has a secret stockpile of nukes. Japan would nuke the shit out of China, if they tried. It's not much of a deterrent if it's secret. I've been watching this whole show almost from the start but it is rapidly descending into a Stephen King movie script. . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75368747 ![]() 02/11/2020 01:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Well, imagine you have a whole bunch of factories, used by the west, and decide to go on a war footing. Can you think of a clever cover story to turn those factories on for the state and not export. They could literally be mass producing tanks for a couple of months, telling the rest of the world it masks. They have effectively got all the worlds diplomatic staff to leave, all residents and "spies" of foreign nationalities have left. The ones that haven't will be locked in areas for their own safety in case they catch the flu. We are either witnessing a potentially really bad epidemic, or we are watching China go properly dark. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78466172 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? "Patients who developed only moderate symptoms at the onset of the disease later fell seriously ill and died of multiple organ failure" Quoting: Truth 1818 [link to focustaiwan.tw (secure)] 50% OF ARTICLE: WUHAN VIRUS/Experts find how moderate 2019-nCoV infection ends with death Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) Experts have blamed a form of systemic inflammatory response syndrome called "cytokine storm" for killing some novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-infected patients who were not very sick in the early stage of infection but eventually died of multiple organ failure, according to Chinese media reports. The epidemic, which started mid-December in Wuhan, in China's Hubei Province, had claimed more than 800 lives in China as of Feb. 8, including Li Wenliang (李文亮), a 34-year-old ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak late last year but was silenced by the Chinese authorities. Li was confirmed Feb. 1 to have been infected after treating a patient who later tested positive for coronavirus. He died on Friday. While most victims have been middle-aged, elderly or suffering from chronic disease according to official Chinese data, Li's death, as well as that of a 39-year-old man in Hong Kong, drew media attention as the epidemic has attacked more than 37,000 people in 28 countries around the world. According to Chinese media reports, Zhong Ming (鍾鳴), a physician at the department of critical care medicine of Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai, warned that in some novel coronavirus cases, patients who developed only moderate symptoms at the onset of the disease later fell seriously ill and died of multiple organ failure. He termed the condition a "storm of inflammations" Once patients are in that situation, "it is very difficult for them to recover," said the doctor who was sent to Wuhan's Jinyintan Hospital soon after the epidemic broke out last year. [link to focustaiwan.tw (secure)] TAIWANESE SHITHEADS...KNOW THAT THIS IS A RACE SPECIFIC NEUROTOXIC PATHOGEN CREATED TO DECIMATE THE CHINESE PEOPLE BY YOUR PATRONS AND POLITICAL MASTERS. DON’T KID YOURSELVES THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION TO YOUR MASSAHS ( MASTERS ) THAT YOU ARE SAFE. IF YOUR MAINLAND BRETHREN FAIL IN CONTAINING IT WITHIN THEIR BORDERS, YOU ARE TOAST TOO. OK OK OK, YOUR MASTERS MAY GIVE YOU THE ANTI DOTE, BUT SEE FOR YOURSELVES. THE TRAITORS WITHIN THE MAINLAND RANKS WHO HELPED SNUCK IN THE VIRUS PATHOGEN MOST LIKELY PERISHED TOO DESPITE THEM HAVING THE ANTIDOTE. YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYED, ROYALLY!!! ![]() |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75080560 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Japan occupied Chinese territories during World War 2, after Japan was hit by the Spanish Flu and Japan's economy suffered greatly as a result of the Great Depression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 Will China do to Japan what Japan did to China during World War 2? ![]() How would that work? China is in a weakened state not Japan. They can't really take advantage of Japan in this situation. Unless I misunderstand something. China has an enormous population. They can take the hit. We can’t. Plus since they failed to tell us about the virus for 3 months, we will be sick in 2 or 3 months. I say that’s when they do it. Hong Kong and Singapore too. Just my gut. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78465833 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Japan occupied Chinese territories during World War 2, after Japan was hit by the Spanish Flu and Japan's economy suffered greatly as a result of the Great Depression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 Will China do to Japan what Japan did to China during World War 2? ![]() How would that work? China is in a weakened state not Japan. They can't really take advantage of Japan in this situation. Unless I misunderstand something. China has an enormous population that hates their government. They can take the hit. We can’t. Plus since they failed to tell us about the virus for 3 months, we will be sick in 2 or 3 months. I say that’s when they do it. Hong Kong and Singapore too. Just my gut. fify |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75080560 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Japan occupied Chinese territories during World War 2, after Japan was hit by the Spanish Flu and Japan's economy suffered greatly as a result of the Great Depression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 Will China do to Japan what Japan did to China during World War 2? ![]() Japan, like Israel, has a secret stockpile of nukes. Japan would nuke the shit out of China, if they tried. I’m sure SK has them too. They are turnkey nuclear powers. If it looks like China is going to be aggressive I wouldn’t be surprised to see Japan and South Korea do a nuclear test and declare themselves nuclear powers. Read “The Third World War” by Humphrey Hawksley. He is or was an Asian corespondent for the BBC. Great book. Some parallels to this ie China at the center of it and a pandemic. |
Green Onions User ID: 75769027 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? If the virus is a bioweapon then the country that made it will also have the vaccine Which country doesn't have any virus outbreaks at the moment? Indonesia says it has nothing to hide with no cases detected Indonesia's health minister said the country is not hiding anything, after some medical researchers expressed concern that coronavirus cases may have gone undetected in the world's fourth most populous country. While the virus has quickly spread from China throughout much of the rest of the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, the sprawling Southeast Asian country of more than 260 million people has not recorded any cases so far. "We have kits to check coronavirus and they're certified ... nothing is concealed," Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said after a cabinet meeting in Jakarta. [link to www.aljazeera.com (secure)] Last Edited by Green Onions on 02/11/2020 02:48 PM green onions |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75080560 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Japan occupied Chinese territories during World War 2, after Japan was hit by the Spanish Flu and Japan's economy suffered greatly as a result of the Great Depression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 Will China do to Japan what Japan did to China during World War 2? ![]() why are you cheering for China from the Philippines? I am not cheering for anyone. I am saying history will repeat itself, and China will seize this opportunity to pay back Japan what it did to them during World War 2. YES! Spot on!!! And Pakistan is in it, working with China and has 100 nukes. But Pakistan's motive is to expand the Middle East (Caliphate) using the opportunity that China is presenting. Not far behind Pakistan is Iran... all falling in line. Wipe out the opposition male soldiers with disease is the first step. Unfortunately Australia burning was also clearing a path. It's all unfolding. Good thread. Great comment. China is the enabler for two of the worst regimes on the face of the earth, Pakistan and North Korea. We should have never let them into the WTO. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78466249 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Two years ago, February 5, 2018 to be exact, I used the Chinese prophecy book Tui Bei Tu and the Book of Revelation to predict when World War 3 will start. And I came to the conclusion that by September 18, 2020 the world will be in such chaos that heaven will be forced to send a young child genius, which the Tui Bei Tu called a son of God, to bring back peace. I hope my prediction is wrong, but so far it seems to me that my prediction is on the right track. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] The Beast/ Antichrist... ![]() |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78466249 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Two years ago, February 5, 2018 to be exact, I used the Chinese prophecy book Tui Bei Tu and the Book of Revelation to predict when World War 3 will start. And I came to the conclusion that by September 18, 2020 the world will be in such chaos that heaven will be forced to send a young child genius, which the Tui Bei Tu called a son of God, to bring back peace. I hope my prediction is wrong, but so far it seems to me that my prediction is on the right track. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] The Beast/ Antichrist... ![]() |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78466249 ![]() 02/11/2020 02:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Two years ago, February 5, 2018 to be exact, I used the Chinese prophecy book Tui Bei Tu and the Book of Revelation to predict when World War 3 will start. And I came to the conclusion that by September 18, 2020 the world will be in such chaos that heaven will be forced to send a young child genius, which the Tui Bei Tu called a son of God, to bring back peace. I hope my prediction is wrong, but so far it seems to me that my prediction is on the right track. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] The Beast/ Antichrist... ![]() Revelation 13 1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?" 5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear: 10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain.Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. 11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. 13 It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. Revelation 17 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 14 They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful." 15 And the angel said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, 17 for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth." |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78404637 ![]() 02/11/2020 03:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? "Patients who developed only moderate symptoms at the onset of the disease later fell seriously ill and died of multiple organ failure" Quoting: Truth 1818 [link to focustaiwan.tw (secure)] 50% OF ARTICLE: WUHAN VIRUS/Experts find how moderate 2019-nCoV infection ends with death Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) Experts have blamed a form of systemic inflammatory response syndrome called "cytokine storm" for killing some novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-infected patients who were not very sick in the early stage of infection but eventually died of multiple organ failure, according to Chinese media reports. The epidemic, which started mid-December in Wuhan, in China's Hubei Province, had claimed more than 800 lives in China as of Feb. 8, including Li Wenliang (李文亮), a 34-year-old ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak late last year but was silenced by the Chinese authorities. Li was confirmed Feb. 1 to have been infected after treating a patient who later tested positive for coronavirus. He died on Friday. While most victims have been middle-aged, elderly or suffering from chronic disease according to official Chinese data, Li's death, as well as that of a 39-year-old man in Hong Kong, drew media attention as the epidemic has attacked more than 37,000 people in 28 countries around the world. According to Chinese media reports, Zhong Ming (鍾鳴), a physician at the department of critical care medicine of Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai, warned that in some novel coronavirus cases, patients who developed only moderate symptoms at the onset of the disease later fell seriously ill and died of multiple organ failure. He termed the condition a "storm of inflammations" Once patients are in that situation, "it is very difficult for them to recover," said the doctor who was sent to Wuhan's Jinyintan Hospital soon after the epidemic broke out last year. [link to focustaiwan.tw (secure)] TAIWANESE SHITHEADS...KNOW THAT THIS IS A RACE SPECIFIC NEUROTOXIC PATHOGEN CREATED TO DECIMATE THE CHINESE PEOPLE BY YOUR PATRONS AND POLITICAL MASTERS. DON’T KID YOURSELVES THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION TO YOUR MASSAHS ( MASTERS ) THAT YOU ARE SAFE. IF YOUR MAINLAND BRETHREN FAIL IN CONTAINING IT WITHIN THEIR BORDERS, YOU ARE TOAST TOO. OK OK OK, YOUR MASTERS MAY GIVE YOU THE ANTI DOTE, BUT SEE FOR YOURSELVES. THE TRAITORS WITHIN THE MAINLAND RANKS WHO HELPED SNUCK IN THE VIRUS PATHOGEN MOST LIKELY PERISHED TOO DESPITE THEM HAVING THE ANTIDOTE. YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYED, ROYALLY!!! ![]() ![]() |
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TripleReiki User ID: 78369658 ![]() 02/11/2020 03:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Japan occupied Chinese territories during World War 2, after Japan was hit by the Spanish Flu and Japan's economy suffered greatly as a result of the Great Depression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78334284 Will China do to Japan what Japan did to China during World War 2? ![]() How would that work? China is in a weakened state not Japan. They can't really take advantage of Japan in this situation. Unless I misunderstand something. UNLESS, chinas military are not so affected by the virus that is killing off so many common folk. Something has been very deceiving in regards to china about all this |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76141543 ![]() 02/11/2020 04:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Well, imagine you have a whole bunch of factories, used by the west, and decide to go on a war footing. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75368747 Can you think of a clever cover story to turn those factories on for the state and not export. They could literally be mass producing tanks for a couple of months, telling the rest of the world it masks. They have effectively got all the worlds diplomatic staff to leave, all residents and "spies" of foreign nationalities have left. The ones that haven't will be locked in areas for their own safety in case they catch the flu. We are either witnessing a potentially really bad epidemic, or we are watching China go properly dark. It takes us 3 or 4 years to build an aircraft carrier. The Chinese can build one - albeit smaller - in much less time. Now if they were to seize South Korea, their shipyards could churn out ships quickly too. I don’t think the odds favor the chicoms doing anything, but they take the long view and don’t mind putting their population thru pain to achieve their goals. The one thing that scares me is that they waited months to tell us about it the virus. Hell the first western team just arrived yesterday. So in two months the US and probably the military will be sick. We will have other things to deal with. Hopefully we are putting our subs at sea just in case. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 60935884 ![]() 02/11/2020 05:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking News: Second incursion on Taiwan by Chinese warplanes in two days! Is this the start of WW3? Well, imagine you have a whole bunch of factories, used by the west, and decide to go on a war footing. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75368747 Can you think of a clever cover story to turn those factories on for the state and not export. They could literally be mass producing tanks for a couple of months, telling the rest of the world it masks. They have effectively got all the worlds diplomatic staff to leave, all residents and "spies" of foreign nationalities have left. The ones that haven't will be locked in areas for their own safety in case they catch the flu. We are either witnessing a potentially really bad epidemic, or we are watching China go properly dark. It takes us 3 or 4 years to build an aircraft carrier. The Chinese can build one - albeit smaller - in much less time. Now if they were to seize South Korea, their shipyards could churn out ships quickly too. I don’t think the odds favor the chicoms doing anything, but they take the long view and don’t mind putting their population thru pain to achieve their goals. The one thing that scares me is that they waited months to tell us about it the virus. Hell the first western team just arrived yesterday. So in two months the US and probably the military will be sick. We will have other things to deal with. Hopefully we are putting our subs at sea just in case. The Asians are all about saving face. I remember now President for life Xi Jinping, addressing the Communist party officials and openly committing that Taiwan would be taken by them either peacefully or by force if necessary no later than the 100th anniversary of their Party's founding. This is next year of course. Considering the Coronavirus running rampant, I am reminded that there is a saying that the Communists like to follow - Never let a good crisis go to waste! Considering the two day incursions of Chinese strike planes into Taiwanese airspace, probing them, look at this article from today on American Military News - As coronavirus spreads, China’s military is largely MIA February 11, 2020 [link to americanmilitarynews.com (secure)] A few excerpts - At a moment when hospitals across China are posting cries for supplies on social media, the anemic response by the People’s Liberation Army calls into question some of its most lauded capabilities: powerful logistics and mass military-civil contingency response mobilization. The PLA’s relative lack of response is even more puzzling given that Wuhan is home to major military units that should be capable of deploying to a contingency. These include the Joint Logistics Support Base, notionally the center of the PLA Logistic Support Force’s network of warehouses and stockpiles). According to China’s 2019 defense white paper, the PLA Joint Logistic Support Force “comprises the support forces for inventory and warehousing, medical services, transport, force projection, oil pipelines, engineering and construction management, reserve assets management, and procurement.” The other military services also appear to be largely absent. In recent years, China has produced significant numbers of strategic Y-20 transport aircraft, bragging about the leap forward they offer to China’s ability to deploy at home and abroad, yet these have so far been notably absent from relief efforts. So too, the PLA has also signed strategic agreements with China’s largest transport and delivery services to allow them rapid access in a crisis. For example, the PLA’s largest-ever logistics exercise, held in December 2018, featured mass use of these companies’ planes and trucks. So far, none of these agreements appear to be in effect as part of the coronavirus response. ![]() ![]() ![]() So lets ask ourselves, why are they holding their own resources back like this? |