https://globalnews.ca/news/7001208/c...medium=twitter
Well I guess if they wanted to distract the world in terms of Covid and Hong Kong, a good old war would do that in a hurry.
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China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday, a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own.
Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on the 15th anniversary of the Anti-Secession Law, Li Zuocheng, chief of the Joint Staff Department and member of the Central Military Commission, left the door open to using force.
The 2005 law gives the country the legal basis for military action against Taiwan if it secedes or seems about to.
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Well it used to be that China really didn't have the amphibious capability to actually invade Taiwan, they've been building like crazy over the last decade. Building a few dozen large lift capable ships. They've also invested heavily in heavy lift capable aircraft.
So at least the threat is there.