China continues to make bolder statements against the United States and other countries after their continued pledges to defend Taiwan, as the U.S. has been increasingly conducting more drills in the region.
Last week, the Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang issued a warning to nations to stay out of their way with their relationship with Taiwan, lest those nations face the possibility of a “dangerous” outcome.
Gang told reporters that countries who “play with fire…will eventually get burnt.”
This fierce response reportedly came after South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol said that China wants to alter the “status quo” of the island nation by force, according to The Trends Journal. The U.S. ally added that the “international community absolutely opposes such a change.”
The Taiwan issue is not simply an issue between China and Taiwan but, like the issue of North Korea, it’s a global issue.
Yoon said
The South Korean ministry also stated:
In response to our leader’s mention of the universal principle that we oppose the change of the status quo by force, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson made an unspeakable statement. The spokesperson’s remarks must be pointed out as a serious diplomatic discourtesy that calls into question China’s national integrity.
China’s Qin called the comments “absurd,” adding:
The Taiwan question is the core of the core interests of China. We will never back down in the face of any act that undermines China’s sovereignty and security. Those who play with fire on Taiwan will eventually get themselves burnt.
The TJ does note, however, ‘China is South Korea’s most important trade partner and Seoul has historically made it a point not to cross Beijing. Seoul is trying to accomplish a very sensitive balancing act, and while its population does not particularly care for the Chinese leadership, money comes before war.’
Meanwhile the United States has begun conducting the largest combat exercises ever in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. The Philippines have agreed to give the U.S. another four additional bases, one of which is around 250 miles from Taiwan. Manila, the capitol of the Philippines, said that these bases cannot be used to store weapons, as they, like South Korea, are trying to perform a balancing act by working with the Americans but not anger China.
Huang Xilian, a Chinese envoy, said the Philippines is “stoking the fire,” and the new base access for the U.S. “has caused widespread and grave concern among Chinese people.”
A recent exercise between the U.S. and the Philippines used Patriot missile systems and Black Hawk helicopters in a joint exercise.
Qin paid a visit to Manila last week and supplicated with the country to “continue our traditional friendship…keep our promises to each other… and inject greater positive energy for the peace and stability of this region and even the whole world.”
The TJ provided additional details and their opinion on what will happen is war breaks out against China:
The Trends Journal maintains its forecast that the U.S. would not come to Taiwan’s defense if / when China decides to invade. This will cause serious damage to Washington’s relationship with allies in the Indo-Pacific region, but even most of these countries don’t seek war with China.
Indeed, the Philippines is using the U.S. to help counter China’s expanding claims to the water in the region. Manila has made it clear that it has no interest in defending Taiwan.
“The Philippines’ unwillingness to let the U.S. use bases on its territory to fight a war over Taiwan drives home the point that the U.S. would mostly be on its own if it chose to fight. That would make an already very difficult and dangerous war even more so,” Daniel Larison, a regular columnist at Responsible Statecraft, wrote.
China sees the base access differently.
Huang Xilian, the Chinese ambassador, said last week that it is obvious that the U.S. will take advantage of these new bases and use them to “interfere in the situation across Taiwan Strait to serve its geopolitical goals,” according to the Financial Times. He said the Philippines will oppose “Taiwan independence” if it cares about the 150,000 Philippine overseas workers on the island.
It should also be noted that Seoul is by no means a reliable ally for the U.S. if China invades Taiwan.
Denny Roy, a senior fellow at the East-West Center, wrote in The Diplomat that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would likely include missile strikes on U.S. bases in South Korea. But he said, “Seoul’s desire to limit the damage in its relations with Beijing is strong enough that strikes on South Korean territory that killed only Americans would not necessarily bring South Korea into the war as a combatant against China.”
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
[7] And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. [8] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. Mark 13:7-8
Like The Trends Journal, I am doubtful that the U.S. will actually fight China in defense over Taiwan. The Taiwanese feel the same way.
SEE: Taiwan Residents Believe That US Will Not Come To Their Aid If China Attempts To Invade
More than likely they will shell out a ton of restrictions similarly to Ukraine – to the detriment of the U.S….
Even so, a conflict with China in some capacity is plausible within the next few years.
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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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As a nation we’re too lulled into sleep by the “Long Peace” fallacy, too restrained by mutually assured destruction, and too poisoned by toxic foods, vaccines, and ideals in order to fight a war anyways. We might…might be able to fight a defensive war and barely manage to survive, or not. But an actual war of aggression where winner takes all like WWII, we don’t have a chance the way we are now.
The USA would be reneging on a deal made with China contained in the “The One China Policy” that was made in the 1970s. We gave Taiwan back to the Chinese at that time. I do not know all the details, but most likely Kissinger helped broker that deal. China would have every right to retaliate. The USA has become a nation of goons and our leaders are not hiding it anymore. There are plenty of people in the CIA that know this to be true. I have warned a friend to tell his brother to get out of Taiwan while he still can, but the warning was probably ignored. Then again, maybe that person, married to a Chinese woman, is far better off remaining there. Who knows.
China, Iran, North Korea, Syria, (maybe turkey, though turkey is part of nato), & Russia don’t really have to do much to destroy America if you think about it. All they have to do is sit back, relax, & let America destroy itself (I think America will fall by internal conflicts i.e. 2nd civil war, crime, violence, etc.). There was this former KGB agent that tells us how America would be destroyed: Ideological Subversion (thats what I personally think how America will fall). The Vatican uses ideological subversion all the time.