if the earlier posts were correct, theyre sending APCs with earlier unrevealed APS on them, which would be a weird move for just "training". It's not like 99.9% of China's population would care about such a thing if the exercises were just a PR stunt. There is some deeper reason that causes fully combat ready vehicles to be sent in large number to Fujian.
Remains to be seen. But why didn't they make this move as soon as China heard of the news that was leaked by FT? Or perhaps they did but I am just not aware of it (someone can correct me on this).
When Xi did the same dog and pony show in Doklam, the Indians became emboldened and Ladakh happened. When Trump did his trade war, and the wars America under his leadership made what did Xi do? Huawei has been hammered to oblivion in terms of their smart phone business, Tiktok was almost sold to a U.S. based company. Has there been any moves where China was on the attack or doing the initiative or has it always been China on the reaction side. When the covid-19 first flared up officially in Wuhan, China what did China under Xi do that could have made the Wuhan virus narrative less palatable in the consciousness of the world's population? Nothing. Everything on the surface seems just endless reaction to American led provocation after the other.
This latest episode, why couldn't China's diplomatic corps took the initiative and call for an emergency meeting at the UN prior to Pelosi's visit to raise the f..ng profile of this case at the possible highest level because this is about a sovereign countries sovereignty which is supposedly recognized by 180 countries in the UN. Why not put those western countries on the spot under the media spotlight if they recognize Taiwan as an independent country or not because if those countries ambassadors publicly affirm that Taiwan is indeed part of China and that Beijing is the SOLE LEGAL government of China then what the U.S. is doing along with her vassals are nothing short of breaching a country’s sovereignty. Which is the SAME legal argument that these western hypocrites are using against Russia. They either put up or shut up where they stand on Taiwan.
Use the very "rules based order" that America loves to crow on them and see how they squawk. But no, they can't even freaking do that, instead they go on this high minded moralistic talk where no one freaking listen when you're not feared.
Xi is far more harsher to his domestic enemies than he is to the foreigners whom have caused far more lasting damage to his country that he serves. So what is Xi going to do when AUKUS focus finally comes into play? Would he do something when ASIAN nato somehow by some miracle happens?
The leadership of China needs a Mao level balls of bravery.
The PLA is about to go with live ammunition within 12nm close to Taiwan's main island. US military still had to leave behind Pelosi before entering Chinese airspace.
At the very least, just going off what China publicly says and assuming they don't have any surprises, Beijing is going to severely shorten it's usual movement distance from the mainland side of the median line to more or less nothing. This means much higher reaction time in the future and means diplomatic resolution may have been scrapped or at least heavily downgraded.
The American official propaganda line is clear. They view Chinese as culturally soft, unable to pose a threat due to "degeneracy" compared to the superior US spirit, just like the Germans in WW2 thought about the Allies. How to dispel this? When the time come to launch the decolonization of the West, it will be clear to Americans how much they'll die to soft and degenerate enemy soldiers, and the perception will dispel itself. Until that day, China doesn't really need to change US perceptions, only increase it's own and friendly nations' readiness.
No one is asking or least of all in China mainland advocating for decolonization of the west because that's dumb, stupid, and waste of Chinese lives. Their primary interest is first and foremost to see the country restored as one with all its missing pieces together as one. And for the country to be as prosperous as possible that can and will trade with everyone at every level. That's it.
This decolonizing the west smacks of imperialism that has never been part and parcel of the Chinese DNA. The Chinese ain't the Mongols nor the yellow people ascended from that branch.
If the West wants to disintegrate let them kill each other till their hearts content. I just feel that Chinese diaspora who are residing in the west are the one's advocating for this quixotic vision. Sorry it ain't going to happen, it's not in the Chinese interest to do so nor would it have any support from the Chinese Mainland people.
