"Taiwan is China's Taiwan," Lin stressed. "How the Taiwan question is resolved and national reunification achieved is China's internal affair that brooks no interference by any external forces."

I think Taiwan might disagree on this base assumption...

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

Ah yes, Taiwan, the monolith

[–] RalfWausE@blackneon.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, if China invades Taiwan everything in the region (at least) is going to hell one way or the other and everybody knows this. So, i think this threat is a somewhat unneeded publicity stunt.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 months ago

"Why on earth is China engaging in all this needless military bluster against Japan" says the person inhabiting a country in a military alliance backing Japan against China lol, meaning just the US military, which has a first strike nuclear weapons policy and regularly tests the boundaries of other countries in all potential battlefields

You realize nuclear war is more likely if they don't keep you idiots in check?