China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait
China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says
I had to check if this article was from The Onion
The drunk uncles are giving statements again.
Can’t believe he figured it out. What a shame. Guess we’ll have to go provoke another country to invade our fellow flourishing independent democracies, who play a key role in the world’s trade.
Seriously though, I hope he’s just giving himself an easy out here. There’s always too much war going on.
I thought Taiwan was China? Hard to invade yourself, eh, Xi?
To be honest, it's almost certainly reworded or poorly translated from whatever he originally said.
Assuming this conversation even happened.
They sure are a contentious bunch.
‘Renegade breakaway province’
Uh ... Yeah you got us... All a trick, darn guess our dastardly plan failed and you won't invade Taiwan now
Taiwan has a right to defend itself if it chooses to.
First link: Members of A Company, so you're looking at 100 people maximum and likely less. Not exactly a large fighting force.
Second link: There's nothing "quiet" about it. It's been blaring on Western News non-stop for about 6 years now. The US has been completely open about weapons sales and training schedules.
Third link: We gave President Tsai Ing-Wen a medal. Okay, and?
not a fighting force
Genuine question, I know tone is hard to read online but I promise I'm not trying to be snarky: do you know the role that special forces in general and green berets in particular play in US proxy wars? They don't fight, they raise and train local militias how to do insurgency and kill political enemies. Anytime green berets are in a country next door to an enemy of the US empire, it's because they're training the next ARVN, Taliban or Azov Battalion.
Not exactly a large fighting force
they're not there to hold down a trench
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Why would China invade itself?
Taiwan is its own country. I will never understand why some people outside China insist that Taiwan is a part of China.
You will never understand why every US president since the Chinese civil war has said Taiwan is not a separate country? You will never understand why every year more nations drop the historical alignment with the former fascist dictatorship of the civil war's losers to the current internationally recognized government of China? You will never understand something that has been understood for literally 70 years?
Sounds like a skill issue.
It doesn't matter what the people outside China think. The people inside China - on both sides of the Taiwan strait - think Taiwan is part of China. They all call themselves Chinese except the tiny minority that speak with American accents. There are indigenous ethnic minorities on Taiwan whose ancestors were not part of China, but they didn't call themselves 'Taiwan' because that's a Chinese word.
You think it's absurd that some people think the Republic Of China is part of China?
I get that names aren't everything, but it reflects both the recent history and the de jure policies of the ROC, PRC, UN and USA.
Fuck off
Taiwan is independent and will always stay that way
Carrying on the legacy of Deng Xiaoping
The fuck???
He's a slippery one
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has accused the US of trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, but he said it won't take the bait, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
According to the FT, Xi made the accusation during a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in April last year.
Xi has issued the same warning to officials in his own country, one source told the FT, but this would be the first time he made the claim to a foreign leader, the outlet said.
But the mood in Washington, DC, seems to be shifting, with Congress showing itself more "overtly supportive of Taiwan than only a few years ago," Graeme Thomson, an analyst with the Eurasia Group, told BI in November.
Last month, a US congressional delegation met with senior Taiwanese officials to discuss US-Taiwan relations, a few days after China conducted military drills around the island.
During a meeting in April, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken not to cross China's "red lines" on sovereignty, security, and development interests.
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The same Xi that violates Taiwan's airspace continuously. That increases the airspace violations whenever Taiwan does something that he doesn't like, like democratically electing pro-independence politicians or when US politicians visit Taiwan.
Yeah sure Xi, the only reason you threaten Taiwan's democracy is because the US tricked you into it.
This is such a ridiculous take. Taiwan is literally historically, legally and internationally-recognized part of China. It's literally an island that is part of China. There is no Taiwanese airspace to violate - it's China's airspace and has been since planes were invented.
Further, he didn't say the USA is trying to trick him into violating Taiwanese democracy but instead is trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, specifically by publishing stories about completing that Pacific Kill Chain by deploying specialized weapon installations on the island that could neutralize China's military advantages via nuclear first strike capabilities. China doesn't need to invade Taiwan for Taiwan to accept the one country two systems approach of integration which you would still consider a violation of their democracy.
Oh bother 😏
