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Taiwan reports large-scale Chinese military aircraft presence near island (www.politico.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Zapados@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The US talks a big game but I doubt they would do much if China actually took Taiwan. They can't afford economic sanctions and the population wouldn't want to expend troops on it.

Still China doesn't really want instability that close to home. Far more likely to take the Hongkong approach.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Eh, I could've easily seen Biden sending troops. He was pretty adamant about Taiwan. Trump? They write him a check and he'll probably roll out the red carpet for them.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 3 days ago

What? I thought Muricans were all about fighting communism... while buying all their shit on Weesh and Timu.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The Hong Kong approach? There is no agreement for Taiwan to be ceded back to them in 100 years.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just meant the " promise to do everything by the book and don't rock the boat while you slow walk everything in your desired direction"

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Won't happen slowly unless they infiltrate the Taiwan government. Unlikely.