In an interview with the BBC earlier this month, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley said: “In terms of capability I think China clearly is developing a capability . the capability to attack Taiwan at some point in time. And whether they would or not, it’s a political choice, it’s a policy choice, that will be based off of how the Chinese view the cost risk benefit at the time.”
“There’s no indications or warnings of anything imminent at this time. But again, we watch it very, very closely,” Milley added.
Former US national security adviser John Bolton
A deceased chairman and the secretary-general of the pro-unification Concentric Patriotism Association are suspected of having received funds from China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) to develop the association and attack democracy advocates in Taiwan.
The two officials were charged with contraventions of the National Security Act (國家安全法). Chou Ching-chun (周慶峻), the former chairman, died of an illness last year, while secretary-general Zhang Xiuye (張秀葉) is still on Taiwan’s wanted list after she absconded to China.
However, before slipping out of Taiwan, Zhang told prosecutors about the association’s inner workings, including how Chou had received funds from the TAO and its branch offices
As the geopolitical effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine become more obvious, the collective defense provided by NATO is the key security umbrella that unites European countries and protects them from further intrusion by their malicious eastern neighbor.
With Finland and Sweden having been invited to join NATO which, if they join, would increase the number of member states from 30 to 32 two more nations in the region are in line to be included in the regional security pact.
Meanwhile, the support that Russia has been receiving behind the scenes from China and other countries is one of the
After pineapples, wax apples and custard apples, China turned its eye to Taiwanese grouper, slapping an import ban on the fish without warning. Some China analysts believe that Beijing is using the embargo to drive a wedge between the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and fishing communities in southern Taiwan to split the pan-green camp.
Domestic collaborators have been working hand-in-glove with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime to assist its cognitive warfare tactics. Talking heads have suggested that Taiwan’s aquatic and agricultural products would not have been subject to a ban unless there were quality problems, conveniently ignoring that Beijing has