Taiwan on high alert as China intrudes with military aircraft and warships

Taiwan scrambled fighter jets, put its navy on alert and activated missile systems overnight after China encroached on Taiwanese territory with 34 military aircraft and nine warships.

Last month US Air Force General Mike Minihan instructed officers to prepare for a US-China conflict over Taiwan in 2025.

[MrDogsledder]

Free countries show a bit of wavering in support of the heros of Ukraine and the Asian chapter of the National Socialists takes note.

[mcinco]

Well folks, there is still time to buy extra toilet paper

[oldnutta]

What better time to do it.
The world is weak as piss at the moment.

[Aaronwhatnow]

I truly to wonder how China would do in a war. Their armed forces haven't fought in a war in decades. So even their command structure is very green

[dueycarter]

Enough of chinese provocation, support Taiwanese independence and membership in the United Nations, free Tibet and East Turkmenistan too!!

[devildevil]

In Europe it is called freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of action, freedom to intimidate 😂😂

[marcoslopez]

Republic of Taiwan is a independent country

[GrandpaVince]

Don't worry Taiwan old vincey has my dingo submarine fleet ready and waiting to take out those Chinese samurais

[thepresence]

When you put a puppet in office in which the whole world knows is a puppet. This is what you get. 4 years of wtf, anxiety, and depression

[outandaboutwithsamiam]

And it's such an important newsworthy story that this channel devoted an entire 38 seconds to telling

[Basicghostalex]

Taiwan is like Cuba fighting the U.S no mercenaries will Arrive and no weapons will arrive

[PlaYer-snor]

1) In 1894, Japan invaded China and Korea, the Qing gov was defeated and signed the [Treaty of Shimonoseki] to cede Taiwan Island to Japan.
2) During the WW2, at the Cairo Conference held in 1943, China asked the transfer of Taiwan's sovereignty back to China after the war. This content was included in the [Cairo Declaration] and later reiterated in the [Potsdam Proclamation] that it should be implemented.
3) On 14 Aug 1945, the Emperor Showa of Japan issued the [End War Edict], Japan surrendered and accepted the [Potsdam Proclamation]. The Commander of the Allied Forces, Marshal MacArthur ordered the Japanese troops in Taiwan to surrender to KMT General CKS. Taiwan re-entered the territory of the Republic Of China (ROC).
4) Soon after that China civil war broke out between KMT and CPC, the KMT was defeated and fled to Taiwan. However, due to US intervention, the CPC without a strong navy at that time has no ability to unify Taiwan. The CPC then established the People's Republic of China (PRC) on 1949. The civil war continues...
5) In 1971, UN Resolution No. 2758 ruled that the PRC had obtained the representation rights and all legal rights originally owned by the ROC in the UN. That means the PRC is China’s only legal gov under international law, and today the PRC also become China’s only legal gov recognized by 180 countries around the world, including the USA.
"The USA recognizes the Government of the PRC as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the USA will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan."
Joint Cummunique on the Establishment of Diplomatic relations between the PRC and the USA (December 16 1978)
6) Therefore, according to international law, international reality, and the wishes of the 1.4 billion Chinese people, Taiwan should return to PRC and the PRC have every rights to protect it's sovereign integrity.

[MP-uizj]

They dropped launchers in the water and fire when ready.

[aclark]

Law enforcement stay out of my face and just do your job. Does anyone have a law program that I may be referred to, ?

[rayc]

The US should block off the Malaca Straight immediately

[LukeXMV]

I often think China is not that different from Australia having unelected by the people a head of the state.

[harrysmith]

In 1949, China has 2 islands: Hainan and Taiwan. At that time, China has civil war and CCP crushed KMT at mainland. As KMT has navy while CCP do not have navy, KMT fled to Taiwan and kept its administration there. Now CCP navy grow fast under Xi. Xi feel it is time to finish civil war and become one of greatest leader in China history.

[AlanFreeman]

So if we don't get dragged into nuclear M.A.D this year we've always got 2025 to fall back on.
I loved Australia as well. Still you'll probably make it through the first Exchange. The U.K however, I think we've probably got Nuclear Warhead N° 1 through N°150 aimed directly at every major city from Brighton to Inverness.
I might tweet my co~ordinance to Vlad. Make sure im directly under one of them!

[AP-eijt]

Whenever Sky's rating is getting low, time to bring up China and its island province Taiwan.

[tonybennett]

Too bad everyone is too busy with the Ukraine...