https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4315793 By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2021/10/15 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China's state-run mouthpiece the Global Times on Thursday (Oct. 14) posted an editorial in which it warned the dispatch of U.S. forces to defend Taiwan would deal a "death blow" to American soldiers. During a press conference on Tuesday, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said the ongoing incursions by Chinese warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) were "destabilizing" and heightened the chances of "miscalculation." He then highlighted that the U.S. commitment to Taiwan was "rock solid" and that it ensured the "maintenance of peace and stability across the strait." In an editorial released on Thursday, China's state-operated tabloid wrote that the term "rock-solid," frequently used by the Biden administration, can "deceive and appease radical forces" in Taiwan, but will never deter China. It vowed the communist country will continue to strengthen its military to gain "decisive and overwhelming leverage" to resolve the "Taiwan question." It claimed that Taiwan cannot rely on Washington to "fight to the death" with China and is merely "playing geopolitical tricks." The author alleged that the U.S. is playing the "Taiwan card" to impede China's rise, but is not something the Western power is willing to lose lives over. The article argued that the U.S. has "lost its strength to make 'rock solid' commitments to Taiwan." It argued that the Taiwan Strait is now within striking range of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which China now believes is strong enough to blunt any "military interference" by the U.S. The state-owned media then warned Washington that sending its naval and air forces to defend Taiwan would be a "death blow to U.S. soldiers." Threatening nuclear war, it said China now has second-strike capabilities with the DF-41 road-mobile and JL-3 submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles. According to the author, when China decides to resolve the "Taiwan question" with force, Taiwan will be a repeat of the fall of Nanjing in 1949. It purported that when the battle for Taiwan plays out in the same way as the Chinese Civil War, abandonment of Taiwan will be Washington's "inevitable choice."
Chinese Military Newspaper Rails Against CIA, Calls for 'People's War' to Fight U.S. Spying By Jason Lemon On 10/17/21 at 10:16 AM EDT The official newspaper of China's military has called for a "people's war" to fight against U.S. espionage efforts targeting the East Asian nation. CIA Director William Burns told agency personnel earlier this month that the foreign intelligence service would launch a new China Mission Center with the goal of monitoring and countering Chinese activity. Burns said that the mission center would "further strengthen our collective work on the most important geopolitical threat we face in the 21st century, an increasingly adversarial Chinese government," The Washington Post reported. Chinese state-controlled media began circulating a viral video clip over the past week that claimed the CIA was actively recruiting native speakers of Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka and Shanghainese, according to Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (SCMP). The People's Liberation Army Daily, the Chinese armed forces' official publication, slammed the CIA's efforts. "The U.S. intelligence service, which is so blatantly recruiting special agents, must have more sinister and unbearable methods behind it," the PLA Daily said in a Sunday post to Chinese social media site Weibo, SCMP reported. A Chinese military publication has called for a "people's war" against CIA efforts to spy on China. In this photo, a man crosses the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia on August 14, 2008. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images "No cunning fox can beat a good hunter. To maintain national security, we only need to trust the people and rely on the people," the post continued. It argued that a "people's war" was necessary to protect the nation from intelligence threats and "make it impossible for spies to operate and hide themselves." Zhao Lijian, China's foreign ministry spokesperson, blasted the CIA announcement a day after it was reported. "This is a typical symptom of the Cold War mentality," Zhao told reporters at a press conference on October 8. "Relevant U.S. agency should view China's development and China-U.S. relations in an objective and rational light and stop doing things detrimental to mutual trust and cooperation between China and the U.S. and China's sovereignty, security and development interests," he said. U.S. intelligence leaders and lawmakers have increasingly raised concerns about what they view as the growing threat from China, as the East Asian nation's economy continues to grow rapidly and the country asserts its influence throughout the world. Chinese hackers have reportedly carried out major cyberattacks targeting the U.S. and there are growing concerns about potential military confrontation in the South China Sea. Meanwhile, the two nations' economies remain deeply intertwined. Recent supply chain issues caused by the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic have reiterated the immense trade ties between the U.S. and China. Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden both have centered China as a key foreign policy issue to be addressed—including trade disputes and security concerns. Newsweek reached out to the CIA for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
One has to wonder if they'd have said that with Trump in office. Either way, they're idiots. Soldiers? As per their own statement, I'd say it's the sailors and airmen they should be concerned with. US successfully tests Mach 5 hypersonic missile Capable of traveling more than five times the speed of sound, a new generation of missile systems are being designed for speed, stealth and surprise. Kinda has a face like a dolphin doesn't it Mick?
A lot of this can be fixed by making it possible to filter for products by nation of manufacture in Amazon. Direct people's disgust to economic boycott. I believe in globalisation but not monopoly and I would gladly play a premium to spread the love and not only bankroll weapons that could soon be used against us.
The problem with restricting trade, it tends to make the country angrier, like North Korea. Saying that though, with some dictators/countries, doesn't matter what you do, they're always out shitstirring, in the case of North Korea, if you lifted trade with them they would still continue with an antisocial attitude.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/c...-hypersonic-missile-test-20211018-p590rn.html China puts US on back foot with ‘game-changing’ hypersonic missile test By Louise Watt and Marcus Parekh October 18, 2021 — 8.00am Taipei: China’s test of a hypersonic missile in space is a “game-changer” that should fundamentally alter the US’s calculations about Beijing’s military leverage, experts have warned. Over the weekend, it emerged that the Chinese military in August secretly launched a rocket carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle into space, which flew around the globe in a low-Earth orbit before returning to China. China’s hypersonic wind-tunnel in Beijing for testing aircraft that travel at up to 30 times the speed of sound. While the missile reportedly missed its target by about 40 kilometres, the test shows China has made rapid progress on the lightning-fast weapons and is far more advanced than US intelligence had realised, according to the Financial Times, which broke the story. “We have no idea how they did this,” the FT quoted one official as saying. Countries including the US, UK, Russia and North Korea have all been working on developing hypersonic missiles, which have the advantages of fast flight - travelling at five times the speed of sound or more - and increased manoeuvrability. They also fly at lower altitudes than ballistic missiles, meaning they can potentially reach targets faster. Drew Thompson, a former American defence department official with responsibility for China, said the test “really should change US calculations”. “I think it is a game changer in a way that little else has really shifted the balance. Once it works, once it’s credible, it negates US missile defences and it makes the US vulnerable,” said Thompson. China’s ministry of defence did not immediately respond to a request for comment yesterday. Liu Pengyu, the spokesman at China’s embassy in Washington, told the FT that China always pursued a military policy that was “defensive in nature” and that its military development did not target any country. “We don’t have a global strategy and plans of military operations like the US does. And we are not at all interested in having an arms race with other countries,” Liu said. The US has recently pivoted its defence and intelligence operations to focus more on China. Earlier this month, the CIA announced the creation of a new China Mission Centre that would bring more resources to studying the country. John Kirby, Pentagon spokesman told the FT he would not comment on the specifics of the report but added: “We have made clear our concerns about the military capabilities China continues to pursue.” There is also an increased international emphasis on combating China’s growing military might. Last month, the US, UK and Australia announced a new international security alliance, dubbed AUKUS. Frank Kendall, the US air force secretary, warned that Beijing had made huge advances in hypersonic weapons, including the “potential for global strikes... from space”. He suggested China was developing something along the lines of the USSR’s Soviet-era Fractional Orbital Bombardment System. The Telegraph, London
Yeah they all have em. I think even the friggin' Frogs might be working on one. I know the Brits do. As do the Russkies. Not sure about Canada, doubtful there. And you Kangaroo's... you'll probably just buy ours.