The Biden Administration is implementing a plan to draw Taiwan into a direct military confrontation with the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/strong> The plan bears many similarities to the strategy that was used in Ukraine where Russia was goaded into invading the country in response to emerging threats to its national security. In this case, Beijing is expected to react to mounting challenges to its territorial integrity by US proxies and their political allies operating in Taiwan. These incitements will inevitably lead to greater material support from the United States <\/strong>which has stealthily worked behind the scenes (and in the media) to create a crisis. The ultimate objective of these machinations, is to arm, train and provide logistical support for Taiwanese separatists who will spearhead Washington\u2019s proxy war on China.<\/strong> According to a number of independent reports, there is already growing operational collaboration between the Taiwanese Army and US Armed Forces. That collaboration will undoubtedly deepen after hostilities break out and the island is plunged into war.<\/p>\n The plan to confront China militarily was outlined in the 2022 National Security Strategy<\/a> in which the PRC was identified as \u201cAmerica\u2019s most consequential geopolitical challenge\u201d who expressed its \u201cintent to reshape the international order.\u201d This NSS analysis was followed by an explicit commitment to prevail in the struggle to control the \u201cIndo-Pacific\u201d region which \u201cfuels much of the world\u2019s economic growth and will be the epicenter of 21st century geopolitics.\u201d.<\/strong>..(\u201cNo region will be of more significance to \u2026everyday Americans than the Indo-Pacific.\u201d) Biden\u2019s NSS emphasizes the critical role the military will play in the impending confrontation with China: \u201cWe will\u2026modernize and strengthen our military so it is equipped for the era of strategic competition with major powers\u201d\u2026 \u201cAmerica will not hesitate to use force to defend our national interests\u201d.<\/p>\n Drawing China into a Taiwan quagmire is the first phase of a broader containment strategy aimed at preserving America\u2019s top spot in the global order while preventing China from becoming the region\u2019s dominant economy.<\/strong> The plan also includes economic, cyber and informational elements that are designed to work in concert with the military component. In its entirety, the strategy represents Washington\u2019s best effort to roll-back the clock to the heyday of the unipolar world order when America set the global agenda and the United States had no rival.<\/p>\n Taiwan is not a country. Taiwan is an island off the coast of China much like Santa Catalina is an island off the coast of California. No one disputes that Santa Catalina is part of the United States, just as no one disputes that Taiwan is a part of China. The issue was settled long ago, and the US agrees with the results of that settlement. For all practical purposes, the issue has been resolved.<\/p>\n The United Nations does not recognize Taiwan\u2019s independence nor do the 181 countries that have established diplomatic relations with China<\/strong>. In fact, the UN adopted a General Assembly Resolution back in 1971 acknowledging the \u201cPeople\u2019s Republic of China as the sole legal government representing the whole of China.\u201d<\/p>\n The One-China policy explicitly relates to the status of Taiwan. Taiwan is part of China, that\u2019s what the One-China policy means.<\/strong> Nations that want to have relations with China must agree on the status of Taiwan; it is the foundational principle upon which all relations with China are based.<\/strong> The issue is not debatable. One can either accept that \u2018Taiwan is an inalienable part of China\u2019s territory\u2019 or take their business elsewhere. There is no third option.<\/p>\n The United States claims that it is committed to the One-China policy. In their recent visits to Beijing, all three senior-level officials from the Biden Administration (Anthony Blinken, Janet Yellen and John Kerry) publicly stated their unwavering support for the One-China policy.<\/strong> This is an excerpt from an article at Forbes:<\/p>\n Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the U.S.\u2019 position on its One China policy as he met with China\u2019s leader Xi Jinping Monday, saying it does not support Taiwanese independence and that containing China\u2019s economy was not an American goal\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n Blinken said the U.S. held a \u201cOne China\u201d policy and does not support Taiwanese independence, but is concerned about China\u2019s \u201cprovocative actions\u201d along the Taiwan Strait. Blinken Tells Xi Jinping U.S. Does Not Support Taiwanese Independence, After Meeting To Quell Tensions<\/a>, Forbes<\/p>\n President Joe Biden has also stated his support for the One-China principle on many, many occasions, which is what you would expect since it is the official position of the United States government. <\/strong>Here\u2019s a short recap on the issue from China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs:<\/p>\n The US made the following commitments to China regarding the one-China principle in the three China-US joint communiqu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n \u2002In the Shanghai Communiqu\u00e9 released in 1972,the US explicitly stated that \u201cThe United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. <\/strong>The United States Government does not challenge that position\u201d.<\/p>\n stated that,\u2002In the Joint Communiqu\u00e9 on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations released in 1978, the US clearly \u201cThe Government of the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the August 17 Communiqu\u00e9 released in 1982, the US unequivocally stated that \u201cIn the Joint Communiqu\u00e9 on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations on January 1, 1979, issued by the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China and the Government of the United States of America, the United States of America recognized the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China, and it acknowledged the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China\u201d<\/strong>, and that \u201cit has no intention of infringing on Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity, or interfering in China\u2019s internal affairs, or pursuing a policy of \u2018two Chinas\u2019 or \u2018one China, one Taiwan\u2019\u201d. (China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs)<\/p>\n The western media would like their readers to think there is some \u201cgray area\u201d here and that the issue regarding China\u2019s sovereign territory has not been settled. But\u2014as we have shown\u2014it has been settled. Taiwan is China. We must assume therefore that the media is being intentionally misleading in order to garner support for an \u201cindependence\u201d movement that serves only one purpose; to legitimize the arming and training of US assets and insurgents that will be used in a bloody conflagration with China<\/strong>. In truth, the United States is laying the groundwork for a proxy-war on China, and Taiwan has been designated as the frontlines in that war. The independence movement is merely the cover Washington has chosen to conceal its real objectives.<\/p>\n This is why Taiwan has become a flashpoint in US-China relations. This is why numerous US-led delegations have visited Taiwan expressing their tacit support for Taiwan independence. This is why Congress has allocated millions of dollars to provide lethal weaponry for the Taiwanese military. This is why the US Navy has sent warships through the Taiwan Strait and conducted massive military drills on China\u2019s perimeter. This is why Washington continues to provoke Beijing on the one issue that it is most sensitive. All of these incitements were conjured-up with one goal in mind: War with China.<\/strong> This is from Politico:<\/p>\n The Biden administration announced a $345 million weapons package for Taiwan on Friday, the first tranche in a total of $1 billion the U.S. has allotted<\/strong> to be transferred directly from Pentagon stockpiles to the island this year.<\/p>\n The move is sure to anger China<\/strong> as Washington has been trying to rebuild relations with Beijing. Senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, recently visited China, but the outreach has done little to quell tensions over a range of issues, from U.S. support to Taiwan to Beijing\u2019s spy balloon program.<\/p>\n \u201cWe take our responsibilities to Taiwan and to improving their self-defense capabilities very, very seriously,\u201d John Kirby, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, told reporters ahead of the announcement on Friday. \u201cU.S. announces $345M weapons package for Taiwan,<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n Repeat: \u201cThe move is sure to anger China.\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed, the move was designed to anger China. That was clearly the point. But, why? Why is Washington challenging China on an issue on which there is virtually universal agreement? <\/strong><\/p>\n Two reasons come to mind:<\/p>\n Here\u2019s more from the World Socialist Web Site:<\/p>\n The US announced last Friday that it will provide Taiwan with $345 million in weapons as the first tranche of an annual $1 billion in military equipment. The announcement marks another step to arm Taiwan to the teeth as Washington escalates its provocative confrontation with China\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n the Biden administration has used the same provision to supply Ukraine with billions of dollars in US military equipment to intensify the war against Russia. Just as it goaded Russia into a conflict in Ukraine, the US is deliberately provoking a conflict with China over Taiwan.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2026 a Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Liu Pengyu, stated: \u201cChina is firmly opposed to US\u2019s military ties with and arms sales to Taiwan.\u201d He warned the US to \u201cstop selling arms to Taiwan<\/strong>, stop creating new factors that could lead to tensions in the Taiwan Strait and stop posing risks to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n The US is intentionally undermining the One China policy<\/strong>, which de facto acknowledges Beijing as the legitimate government of all China, including Taiwan, and formed the basis of US-Chinese diplomatic relations established in 1979. Washington knows full well that China has long warned that it would respond with force to any declaration of independence by Taipei. Imagine if China sent millions of dollars of lethal weapons to a budding secessionist movement in Texas. <\/strong>Imagine if they offered to arm and train Texan separatists in counterinsurgency warfare so they could kill as many American soldiers as possible. Imagine if China sent one political delegation after the other to Austin (Texas) to embolden the rebels and to offer them moral and material support. Imagine if China deployed part of their fleet and airforce to ports and bases near Texas so they could join in the fray when blows were exchanged and the fighting broke out.<\/p>\n How would Washington react<\/strong> to those developments? Would they be as restrained as the Chinese leadership has been in dealing with the relentless US meddling and provocations?<\/p>\n And, ask yourself this: Haven\u2019t we seen this drill before? Didn\u2019t this same scenario unfold in Ukraine<\/strong> following the CIA-backed coup in 2014 after which the US armed and trained Ukrainian forces to dig-in and provoke hostilities with Russia? Didn\u2019t Washington deliberately choose an issue on which Russia was particularly sensitive in order to \u2018get a rise\u2019 out of Moscow?<\/p>\n Of course, they did. In his 22 years in office, President Putin has never started a war. In contrast, in America\u2019s 247-year history, there have been only 16 years when the US was not at war.<\/strong> It is an astonishing record of violence that has no equal. As former President Jimmy Carter said, \u201cThe United States is the most warlike country on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n People who have been following developments closely in US-China news, know that Team Biden has been playing a game of \u201cgood cop, bad cop\u201d in which US diplomats have been making every effort to ingratiate themselves with the Chinese leadership (to assuage the allies) while\u2014at the same time\u2014pumping Taiwan full of weapons hoping to incite Beijing.<\/strong> The objective of this charade is to preserve so-called \u201cstrategic ambiguity\u201d on the one hand while ratchetting up the savagery on the other. Regrettably, the tactic seems to be working. Chinese leaders are getting progressively more irritated which leads us to believe that, eventually, Uncle Sam will get the war he is looking for. At least, that is how things played-out in Ukraine. Here\u2019s more from the WSWS:<\/p>\n Last week the Taiwanese military carried out its annual, multi-day war games known as the Han Kuang exercises, focused on repelling a Chinese invasion of the island.<\/strong> This year\u2019s drills dealt more heavily than previously on threats to major infrastructure and transportation hubs, including the island\u2019s main Taoyuan international airport\u2026.<\/p>\n Speaking to the media, Taiwan\u2019s premier Chen Chien-jen justified the exercises, declaring: \u201cToday\u2019s drills in Tainan, include the simulation of wartime scenarios, is not only because of the increased international sensitivity triggered by Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine. It\u2019s even more a reflection of the constant threats and provocations from China directed at our country.\u201d<\/p>\n The reality is that the US, not China, has upended the status quo in North East Asia, setting the stage for a conflict in the Indo-Pacific between nuclear-armed powers,<\/strong> even as it intensifies the war with Russia in Ukraine. Just as it has sacrificed countless Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, so it is prepared to do the same in Taiwan and is marshalling its regional allies including Japan, South Korea and Australia, for war. World Socialist Web Site<\/a><\/p>\n All of these developments suggest that US plans for a kinetic conflict with China are in a very advanced stage and that the Taiwan powder-keg could be ignited at any time. A number of recent polls indicate that the American people\u2014who remain completely ignorant of the events we have discussed here\u2014have been conditioned to regard China as an unscrupulous competitor and a growing threat to national security. According to a recent survey from Gallup, US public opinion of China has fallen off a cliff. Here\u2019s an excerpt from the report:<\/p>\n A record-low 15% of Americans view China favorably,\u2026\u2026 More than eight in 10 U.S. adults have a negative opinion of China<\/strong>, including 45% who view it very unfavorably and 39% mostly unfavorably\u2026.<\/p>\n In addition to holding a largely unfavorable opinion of China, more Americans name China as the United States\u2019 greatest enemy than any other nation by a wide margin.<\/strong> This view is closely linked to two other measures in the poll, which find that Americans broadly believe China\u2019s military and economic powers represent a \u201ccritical threat\u201d to the United States\u2019 vital interests<\/strong> in the next decade. \u201cRecord-Low 15% of Americans View China Favorably<\/a>, Gallup<\/p>\n Additionally, the PEW Research Center produced the same grim results:<\/p>\n A stunning 50% of Americans see China as the greatest threat to America. Agree or disagree, like it or not, support it or hate it, this is our reality. Businesses, Investors, regulators, elected officials, everyone needs to understand and discuss this. https:\/\/t.co\/iZtHYul7sw<\/a><\/p>\n — Isaac Stone Fish (@isaacstonefish) July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nTrouble in Taiwan<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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