Over the past couple of months, there has been an ongoing conflict of sorts between China and Taiwan which has been partly field by the United States. About two months ago the United States president Joe Biden said that the United States would come to Taiwan's aid if China were to attack it and while this may have seemed like a fever dream, the war between these two countries might be closer than once thought.
Today Taiwan reported that twenty-seven Chinese planes have entered Taiwan's "buffer zone" which is just the latest in a series of Chinese incursions as part of China's pressure on the self-ruled island. Taiwan warned China about entering the buffer zone but was only met with 27 planes that entered the southern part of the island. These twenty-seven planes were a part of a series of events ordered by Chinese president Xi Jinping to "Support and strengthen the armed forces", this also serves as a warning as China has democratic control over the island and will use force if necessary to remind them that they are as such. China "refuses to recognize the island’s government " and will continue to do so as long as Taiwan exists. While it only seemed like a dream, this is real and war between these two countries is more realistic and closer than one would think.
2 comments:
As much as war sucks for one country it will be interesting how much aid the United States administration offers Taiwan given our own economic struggles. War has been known to be one of the bigger boosters to an economy, but given the state of the US economy where there is a labor shortage as it is, by going to war creating a need for more jobs, will the United States even be able to meet the need for the jobs required to assist in war efforts if things escalate any further.
I think that the USA will do nothing because they will not want to start WW3 over Taiwan. While I think what China is doing is wrong I don't think it is right for the USA to go to war over Taiwan.
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