• golli@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Which experts predict that china invades taiwan in the next two years?

    • clutch
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      1 year ago

      Very high likelihood of invasion as Xi would like to cement his legacy before he dies

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        Putin decided to cement his legacy by annexing Ukraine. He’s done a pretty effective job of messing up Russia in the attempt.

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          Not sure Xi cares about the state of his country after he goes into history books

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      In addition to CNN, NBC, CBC, Washington Post and MSNBC contributors, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu says it appears imminent.

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        So basically “the US said so”, okay.

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          The CBC is not the US and neither is Mr. Wu, but I’m pretty sure Al Jazeera and the BBC would also agree.

          There’s a pretty wide international concensus on this topic, but I suppose a troll’s gotta troll. And here I am feeding you.

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          Arte did some really good documentaries about the peoples Republic China and the Republic of China aka the island Taiwan, once you know the background (E.g. Chinas promises of a united China within the next few years and their increasing aggressions) you will understand why that situation is dangerous af and a military invasion is very likely to happen sooner or later!

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        Thanks for the link. I am reasonably well aware of the conflict and no questions that china wants Taiwan. I was just surprised to hear that the sentiment shifted towards such a short timeframe.

        For me this was more of a decade thing. Maybe once everyone has diversified away a bit from the reliance ok chips from Taiwan and thus less skin in the game

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      1 year ago

      Which experts predict that china invades taiwan in the next two years?

      Among these ‘experts’ are Xi himself and those around him.