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China condemned the U.S. and Canada for sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait last week, accusing the countries of colluding to “stir up trouble” and jeopardize peace in the region.
The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command said that its forces “stood guard” during the passage on Thursday and Friday, according to Al Jazeera.
“Taiwan is part of Chinese territory,” the command said. “Theater forces always maintain a high level of alert and resolutely counter all threats and provocations.”
The U.S. identified the ships as the USS Dewey, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, and the Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg.
China has been sending a record number of military aircraft near Taiwan’s airspace and as reported last week, tested a new hypersonic missile that circled the globe… which we had long forecast they would be launching.
However, according to the Financial Times, it “took U.S. intelligence by surprise.”
Rep. Michael Gallagher said that Beijing’s test should “serve as a call to action.”
“The People’s Liberation Army now has an increasingly credible capability to undermine our missile defenses and threaten the American homeland with both conventional and nuclear strikes,” said Gallagher. “Even more disturbing is the fact that American technology has contributed to the PLA’s hypersonic missile program.”
TREND FORECAST: The Trends Journal has reported extensively on Taiwan and the possibility of a military confrontation with China. (See “TAIWAN MILITARY RAMP-UP WILL NOT STOP CHINA,” “CHINA FLEXES MUSCLE ON TAIWAN. WHO WILL STOP THEM?” “U.S. GENERAL SAYS WASHINGTON IS ‘READY TO DEFEND TAIWAN IF THERE IS AN INVASION” and “CHINA TO TAKE TAIWAN: A MATTER OF TIME,” (30 Mar 2021).
As we have also noted, the United States has not won a war since World War II, and they were greatly assisted by their Russian allies at the time… which is both denied and forgotten some 76 years later.
Also, as we have noted, the United States could not even defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan after spending over $2 trillion in a 20 year disgraceful loss.
Thus, if the U.S. and its NATO allies could not defeat an army of lightly armed 80,000 Taliban troops, only idiots, morons, psychopaths and “scholars” would believe America and its war partners will defeat China’s 2.8 million war-ready 21st century People’s Liberation Army.
TRENDPOST: While the U.S. is busy antagonizing China by sailing ships off Taiwan, Beijing is making strategic moves in the region and developing weapons systems that embarrass the U.S. (See “TOP TRENDS 2021: THE RISE OF CHINA.”)
We reported in our last week’s issue that the former software chief from the Pentagon confirmed what they have long been forecasting, that the U.S. has already lost the artificial intelligence race with Beijing and will have “no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years.”
“Right now, it’s already a done deal,” Nicholas Chaillan said. “It’s already over in my opinion. Whether it takes war or not is kind of anecdotal.”
We have pointed out in the past the U.S. has spent trillions waging and losing endless wars and enriching its military-industrial complex, China has spent its trillions advancing the nation’s businesses and building its 21st-century infrastructure… and advanced military.