China begins three days of military patrol around Taiwan

China is staging three days of "combat readiness" patrols around Taiwan - sending military resources towards the island to practice encircling it. Beijing, which claims Taiwan is a breakway province - staged the drills after the Taiwanese president promised to continue working with the United States and other democracies following a meeting with the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Anja Popp reports.

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[TheOrigamiTom]

Straight out of the USA playbook
1) Tell them that their people oppressed. 2) Tell them we are a perfect example freedom.
3) Tell them we can help you achieve this "freedom" and all you have to do is fill your country with our weapons.

[firestorm]

My friend is from Taiwan I’m really worried for them. Some people said Russia wouldn’t dare invade Ukraine and here we are.

[DavidStruveDesigns]

People saying Britain needs to get involved and even have a military base in Taiwan. I don't think Britain getting involved is a particularly good idea, considering our history with another island not very far from our own mainland coast... We've still got problems dealing with the aftermath of that - and Brexit - to deal with. Nevermind the fact we've still got our hands rather full with Ukraine. I don't think we can actually spare the manpower, resources or finances to do much to help out Taiwan. Plus considering how much we import from China, I can't really see our Government choosing to willingly anger the Chinese leaders like that. Not to that extent, any way.

[warriorclan]

As you said it's just choreography, That is all PLA is capable of 😂.

[bee_soupx]

It’s Easter pissing Sunday let’s have abit of peace pleas

[gfcddgv]

How much are you buying this time miss cai?

[maxy-spcn]

Once again, the USA has a helping hand in flaring up tensions between other countries.

[michaelwatson]

Pity their gear is like paper mache, all their weapons are pants

[williamschlenger]

For all you poor folks, this is where your money go's.

[paulmcnicholas]

But with Biden in charge I thought that they wouldn't dare 😂

[johnosullivan]

The United States' One-China policy was first stated in the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972: "the United States acknowledges that Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.

[Nature_Blog]

The dog who bark a lots never bite at all. China is exactly the one who bark a lots. 😂😅

[infoworld]

every cause of the world conflict is from the US, like this time, they have official meeting with Taiwan, but they say they want status quo in Taiwan which meeting Taiwan leader is apparently not status quo and against what they promise that would not have official relationship Taiwan.

[BabarKhan-vfwt]

Oh no now what threaten China with sanctions 😂😂😂😂 none of the nation's are strong enough to poke the dragon . That's a fact

[TheZiff]

China dari dulu cuma gertak- gertak sambal doang....tentaranya engga punya pengalaman perang modern. China engga bakal menang kalo perang konvensional.

[xelthiavice]

im loling at all the china 50cnt trolls crying in the comments XD

[hithere]

What happened to Ukrainian will happen to Taiwan ! And the west will continue to fight until the last solider of the both country !!?

[richardsantos]

If it looks like a snake and rattle like a snake. Do you need to be bit ?

[roro-mmcc]

"To warmonger today"; this is utterly ridiculous hyperbole. China often engages in military exercises on its coastal waters, these are highly unlikely to lead to war any time soon. What we do around China could be seen as far more provocative. The US has a vast military presence in the region. For example, the Japanese island of Okinawa is essentially one giant US military installation (much to the dismay of the local inhabitants, who often stage massive protests against the occupation). Imagine if China had military bases on islands near the US coast, e.g. in the Caribbean; that's the equivalent scenario here. 

You need to know the context to understand why they are so sensitive about the US getting too involved with Taiwan; American interest in Taiwan has nothing to do with it being a democracy. They also supported Taiwan when it was a dictatorship under Chang Kai-Shek. The interest is purely military/strategic - General Douglas Macarthur once described Taiwan as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier." No wonder the Chinese are so twitchy about military deals being made between the Taiwanese government and the US.

[emilylarochelle]

How lovely and generous the USA and Europe are😂 As the “superpower” that they are, they can’t just keep up with one conflict, they need more than 4 conflicts to test their “greatness”😂

So, here is the list up to now :

* USA and Europe vs Russia (in Ukraine)

* USA and Europe vs China (in Taiwan)

* USA and Europe vs Iran and Saudi Arabia (in Israel, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan)

* USA and Europe vs North Korea (in South Korea and Japan)

* USA and Europe vs India (in Pakistan)

* USA and Europe vs South America (in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina)

Good luck to both parties involved in these current and upcoming battles😂 I will be watching the new tv show in Africa😆✌🏾✨