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China: “Will Use Military Force to Take Control of Taiwan If Diplomacy Fails”
- mytailorisrich 6y agoThere is absolutely nothing new in the statements reported in this article. It would have been more informative to report on the weather in Taipei. Sometimes I feel that this sort of article is simply timed to be inflammatory, not least by using sensationalist titles (the quotes are not that they will use force, bu that they will not rule out anything).
- tibbydudeza 6y agoNothing new ... that has been a standard statement made by the military at every CCP session i.r.o Taiwanese independence.
- simonblack 6y agoThat is standard operating procedure when a part of a nation secedes. That is exactly what happened in 1861 when the Confederacy proclaimed independence from the Union. The result was a vicious Civil War which killed more Americans than any other war since then. In the case of China, Taiwan and the Mainland are in a state of suspended Civil War anyway. With the Taiwan Straits between them, Mao's Red China was unable to take over Taiwan, and Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist China was unable to take over the mainland.That was in 1949, and the basic situation hasn't changed much since.