The future of an independent Taiwan looks bleak
Trump and Xi are scheduled to meet this month. If you are Taiwanese or care about them, this is what you need to know: China holds $760 billion in US debt, which it could call by beginning to sell its bonds at any point. It wouldn’t crash the US economy, but it would put a big dent in it.
Trump doesn’t care about or understand foreign policy. Xi has far more to offer in Trump family bribes than Taiwan.
And when Taiwan succumbs, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan are next in the crosshairs. Think Trump cares about them? BWAHAHAhahaha!!!!
The clock is ticking. China knows it has less than three years to cement its hegemony in Asia. Unlike Trump and other folks who don’t understand the geopolitical significance of Taiwan, Xi is not stupid.
Trump doesn’t care about or understand foreign policy. Xi has far more to offer in Trump family bribes than Taiwan.
And when Taiwan succumbs, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan are next in the crosshairs. Think Trump cares about them? BWAHAHAhahaha!!!!
The clock is ticking. China knows it has less than three years to cement its hegemony in Asia. Unlike Trump and other folks who don’t understand the geopolitical significance of Taiwan, Xi is not stupid.
Will we have enough multi-million dollar ammunition left next month to defend our ally if China decides to Just Take It? Or will we burn it all up shooting down ten thousand dollar drones in Iran?
Would we have enough if we are attacked … ?
Domino theory resurrected: “When Taiwan succumbs, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan are next in the crosshairs,” just like how Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand all became Communist right after Vietnam fell.
Somehow I think that the Philippines can take care of themselves…they survived a US occupation and genocide in the early 20th century, though their future may well become bleak if the US decides to stage another proxy war there.
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@John,
LOL!
You should learn a little history before posting and looking ignorant. Start by looking up Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
Beyond that, you need to learn a little current geopolitics instead of making superficial and ahistorical comparisons. “Somehow I think . . .” isn’t political analysis.
Oops…there goes another domino…50 years after the US fled its Vietnam fiasco:
Thailand Turns to Russia and China for Iran War Help Because US Offers None
https://mishtalk.com/economics/thailand-turns-to-russia-and-china-for-iran-war-help-because-us-offers-none/
And then there’s Japan: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/japan-buys-russian-oil-for-the-first-time-since-hormuz-closure/ar-AA22dTaD
And back to Taiwan: Hormuz disruption risk to Taiwan chip industry https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6332396
US maximalist policies have done more to shake its hegemony than all the kinetic, military misadventures it of the past80 years,
@John,
LOL! So you not only don’t know your history, you don’t even know what the Domino Theory was. Here’s a hint: it *wasn’t* the threat that if Vietnam fell to the Vietcong then neighboring countries would enter into voluntary trade agreements with Russia or China.
Oops, indeed.
LOL indeed ~ The Induced Fog of War
Republicans have been trying to rewrite that history to pin the “loss” on Democrats even though it was the Republicans who lost and bugged out since it happened. Exhibit the MIA flags still flying today. As usual, the righties lost the war they started and left the mess for lefties to clean up, and have since been blowing smoke up the publics’ tailpipe to cover their cowardice
No surprise they know no history …
The part about bonds is utter gibberish. China’s holdings are equal to about 2–3% of the total treasury market and equal about one day’s trading volume.
US Treasury Securities Statistics
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/whats-going-on-in-the-us-treasury-market-and-why-does-it-matter/
Doing so would cause issues in the United States and also China.
AI: “Selling $760 billion in U.S. debt by China would disrupt global financial markets, spike US Treasury yields, and trigger higher interest rates for American mortgages and businesses, causing significant, though not fatal, economic pain. While this could pressure the US economy, it would likely backfire, damaging China’s own financial reserves and sparking global economic instability.”
I was lazy.