Containing China: U.S. Using Taiwan as East Asian "Ukraine"

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March 6, 2024

The New Atlas

After triggering war between Ukraine and Russia, it seems the U.S. now tries to trigger another conflict this time in East Asia and Taiwan is to be used as a tool for indirect conflict of the U.S. with China.

We have not yet forgotten how the war-mongering U.S. forced Russia to take military action against Ukraine which turned into a war which is still on and both sides strongly insist on their rights and peace talks have no room in their dictionaries, and one should blame the West and especially the U.S. for prolongation of this war which has affected global food security and economy.

And now it seems the U.S. wants to drag China into another war this time against Taiwan and if China is fooled and begins the war, many economies in the region and the world will collapse and be affected.

The U.S. officials in recent months have visited Taiwan which has enraged the Chinese officials and this has led to conducting several military drills by the Chinese forces in the waters near Taiwan and their fighter jets have several times violated Taiwan airspace.

Several experts and media outlets have warned of possible war between China and Taiwan if the U.S. continues supplying sophisticated arms to Taiwan which is enraging Beijing.

As per reports, Taiwan is in the process of buying 400 land-launched Harpoon anti-ship missiles from the U.S. in a move that is expected to draw condemnation from China which considers the self-ruled island part of its own territory.

Citing U.S.-Taiwan Business Council President Rupert Hammond-Chambers and sources, Bloomberg News reported on Monday that Taiwan was poised to purchase 400 missiles under the $1.17 billion contract announced by the Pentagon on April 7.

At the time, the Pentagon said production was expected to complete by March 2029.

Commenting on the news report, Taiwanese Defense Ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang said at a regular news conference the ministry had previously disclosed information about the purchase, adding it was “confident” the deal would go according to schedule.

In 2020, Taipei said it planned to obtain land-based Boeing-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles as part of its military modernization efforts.

According to Bloomberg, Taiwan previously purchased the ship-launched version of Harpoon missiles, but the new contract marks the first time it will get the mobile, land-based variant.

The contract with Boeing was issued by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command on Taiwan’s behalf, Bloomberg cited Hammond-Chambers as saying.

https://irannewsdaily.com/2023/04/u-s-using-taiwan-as-a-tool-for-curbing-china

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Brian Joseph Thomas Berletic, is an Ex-U.S. Marine Corps independent geopolitical researcher and writer based in Bangkok, writing under the pen name “ Tony Cartalucci ” along with several others.

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