Russia invaded Ukraine under the pretext of a 'special military operation' that fell short of a declared war. It is in fact still punishable by 15 years in jail in Russia to call the invasion a war. China appears to have paid attention. It has now established the basis on which it can label any move it makes against Taiwan in the same way. Chinese President Xi Jinping just signed a
I can't shake this vision in my mind of Biden, known plagiarist, dismounting his bicycle, and giving this Neville Chamberlain-inspired statement:
“We, the Chancellor CCP General Secretary, and the American President, have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the question of American-Sino relations is of the first importance for our two countries and for Asia.
“We regard the agreement signed last night and the American-CCP Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to kinetic war with one another again; especially since we’re waving the white flag after the CCP’s years of unrestricted warfare. We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference, and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Asia …"
… "My good friends, for the second time in our history, an American President has returned from Germany Asia bringing peace with honour … I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep. I will."
I can't shake this vision in my mind of Biden, known plagiarist, dismounting his bicycle, and giving this Neville Chamberlain-inspired statement:
“We, the Chancellor CCP General Secretary, and the American President, have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the question of American-Sino relations is of the first importance for our two countries and for Asia.
“We regard the agreement signed last night and the American-CCP Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to kinetic war with one another again; especially since we’re waving the white flag after the CCP’s years of unrestricted warfare. We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference, and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Asia …"
… "My good friends, for the second time in our history, an American President has returned from Germany Asia bringing peace with honour … I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep. I will."