Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a military base in the southern province of Guangdong calling on troops to invest "all their energy in preparation for war"
Chinese President: You should focus on preparing for war
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a military base in the southern province of Guangdong calling on troops to invest "all their energy in preparation for war"
Source: CNN
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Referring to the allegations of the Chinese state news agency Xinhua, CNN states that the Chinese President told the soldiers to "be on high alert" and called on them to be "absolutely loyal, fresh and reliable".
The military visit followed while tensions between China and the United States, which, as CNN writes, remain at the highest point in the last few decades, while disagreements over Taiwan and the coronavirus pandemic create sharp divisions between Washington and Beijing.
The White House previously announced that it intends to sell three contingents of weapons to Taiwan, but for now, the approval of the American Congress is awaited.
In a sharp response from Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called on Washington to "immediately cancel all plans to sell weapons to Taiwan" and cut off all "US-Taiwanese military ties."
Although Taiwan has never been under the control of China's ruling Communist Party, Beijing authorities insist the democratic, self-governing island is an integral part of their territory, with Xi Jinping himself refusing to rule out military force to occupy it, if necessary.
The white house needs a distraction from this economic catastrophe the US is experiencing now. The problem with the current leadership (not so much Trump), the ones in the background, is that they are less skilled and even less knowledgeable because even at the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union these kinds of uncalculated moves were never made, mistakes yes but not reckless moves.
What we have is a group(s) so far detached from reality that they think they can take on China in a short and decisive victory never thinking it could quicky turn into a nuclear war.
These people are so convinced in US invincibility they are unstoppable until it’s all too late.
Perhaps if someone explained to the US Oligarchs that if things turn nuclear there will be no place to spend all the trillions they stole from their fellow citizens for about 10,000 years.
(sj, 14 October 2020 15:03)
This is just grandstanding on the part of the Chinese leader, trying to take attention away from its weakened economy due to China’s inability to contain the virus. Sanctions, soon to be initiated from the West have caused panic among the Chinese leadership.
(Bojan V, 14 October 2020 15:28)
This is just grandstanding on the part of the Chinese leader, trying to take attention away from its weakened economy due to China’s inability to contain the virus. Sanctions, soon to be initiated from the West have caused panic among the Chinese leadership.
(Bojan V, 14 October 2020 15:29)
Fake news, there will be no war between China and the United States. Trump is definitely the most favorite American president of the Chinese people.
(Donna M, 14 October 2020 21:11)
This is just grandstanding on the part of the Chinese leader, trying to take attention away from its weakened economy due to China’s inability to contain the virus. Sanctions, soon to be initiated from the West have caused panic among the Chinese leadership.
(Bojan V, 14 October 2020 15:28)
I think you need to keep up with the economic situation. China's economy has bounced back from their lock down while the US is getting worse and worse - last week alone it was 898,000 asking for unemployment benefits and this was only for a week. In fact China so has increased its exports to the US by 10% for this year as of August 2020. Dont take my word for it check it out for yourself.
This sanction BS is only for local consumption so people like you believe the US is mighty. I doubt you even know what sanctions are on china without looking it up on Wikipedia.
(sj, 17 October 2020 06:34)
You listen too much to US crap. The Wall Street Journal has written about China and its economic recovery since the virus and as of August 2020 its exports to the US are 10% up on last year. Only yesterday an article on china on the BBC website talks about China's recovery but can you point out to where the US is its industrial recovery? The US government (Fed, State and local) is now 154% of GDP in debt. The fed government alone is $27 trillion in debt.
The bogyman called sanctions are for people like you; to make you think that something is being done and Washington is beating its chest. What would happened if China overnight declared that it will not take any US dollars for payment of its goods? What no one would buy them? Good luck to that when they manufacture everything under this sun. The US dollar would collapse and your beloved US economy would follow.
But you ask why dont they do it? because it would create a world recession/depression that’s why. You see all the economies are connected.
(sj, 19 October 2020 11:01)
(Bojan V, 14 October 2020 15:28)
More bad news for you. The IMF has just now stated that China is the only industrialized country to post positive growth for 2020 of about 2%.
US economy? Nothing positive there only the opposite.
(sj, 19 October 2020 11:26)