China’s Xi Jinping is forecasting he will invade Taiwan and Biden Vows to respond to any Chinese attempts on Taiwan

[Suika]

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Panelists at a conference on Wednesday (Sept. 8) called for Taiwan and Japan to deepen defense engagement and upgrade bilateral defense ties to be more like the kind Taiwan shares with the U.S.

The event, co-hosted by the Taiwan NextGen Foundation, Taiwan Society of Japan Studies, and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, showcased a lineup of scholars, think tankers, and legislators discussing trends in bilateral relations in the wake of the recent 2+2 meeting between leaders from Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Fan Shih-ping (範世平), professor at National Taiwan Normal University’s Graduate Institute of Political Science, called for the level of Japanese defense personnel who visit Taiwan to be upgraded from retired officers to those actively serving in the military.

He also called for the establishment of a new Japanese diplomatic institute in Taiwan equivalent to the American Institute in Taiwan, with an expanded mandate that goes beyond the business and cultural exchanges that the current Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association engages in.

LDP House of Councilors member Sato Masahisa, who phoned in from his Tokyo office, said Taiwan should join exercises with the U.S. and Japan to strengthen joint defense of the first island chain.

He also emphasized the strategic importance of the Bashi Strait, which acts as a bottleneck China must pass through to access the Western Pacific. “Radar deployments there give Taiwan vital visuals on China’s movements,” Sato said. “If Taiwan shared its intel with Japan on the Bashi channel, it would be constructive for shared defense.”

Meanwhile, DPP Legislator Tsai Shih-ying (蔡適應) said that while Taiwan should look for new paths to coordinate with Japan and the U.S., it must not wholly rely on other countries. Taiwan must show self-reliance and determination to defend itself — only then will foreign countries have confidence in Taiwan, he added.

Panelists agreed that deeper coordination between Japan and Taiwan is set to become a long-term trend given China's ongoing bellicosity in the region.
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4283482

 

[Battlion25]

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Panelists at a conference on Wednesday (Sept. 8) called for Taiwan and Japan to deepen defense engagement and upgrade bilateral defense ties to be more like the kind Taiwan shares with the U.S.

The event, co-hosted by the Taiwan NextGen Foundation, Taiwan Society of Japan Studies, and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, showcased a lineup of scholars, think tankers, and legislators discussing trends in bilateral relations in the wake of the recent 2+2 meeting between leaders from Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Fan Shih-ping (範世平), professor at National Taiwan Normal University’s Graduate Institute of Political Science, called for the level of Japanese defense personnel who visit Taiwan to be upgraded from retired officers to those actively serving in the military.

He also called for the establishment of a new Japanese diplomatic institute in Taiwan equivalent to the American Institute in Taiwan, with an expanded mandate that goes beyond the business and cultural exchanges that the current Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association engages in.

LDP House of Councilors member Sato Masahisa, who phoned in from his Tokyo office, said Taiwan should join exercises with the U.S. and Japan to strengthen joint defense of the first island chain.

He also emphasized the strategic importance of the Bashi Strait, which acts as a bottleneck China must pass through to access the Western Pacific. “Radar deployments there give Taiwan vital visuals on China’s movements,” Sato said. “If Taiwan shared its intel with Japan on the Bashi channel, it would be constructive for shared defense.”

Meanwhile, DPP Legislator Tsai Shih-ying (蔡適應) said that while Taiwan should look for new paths to coordinate with Japan and the U.S., it must not wholly rely on other countries. Taiwan must show self-reliance and determination to defend itself — only then will foreign countries have confidence in Taiwan, he added.

Panelists agreed that deeper coordination between Japan and Taiwan is set to become a long-term trend given China's ongoing bellicosity in the region.
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4283482

Interesting because I was doubtful of Japan wanting to take the burden to begin with but I am proven wrong on this seems like Japan is willing to commit on Taiwan

 

[Beast]

Can China wait 10 more years?

Invasion rn will force US into a tricky situation and they might respond

Fight between big nations with big influence isn't good for the world

One must think rationally from every angle...

US don't need to fight. It can just watch from corner how China reunited with Taiwan. It has abandon south Vietnam, Ukraine, Kurdish and Afghanistan. What more by adding Taiwan?

Interesting because I was doubtful of Japan wanting to take the burden to begin with but I am proven wrong on this seems like Japan is willing to commit on Taiwan

LoL.. don't trust Taiwan news. The garbage which claim US send a senator to Taiwan which proven to be faked.

If Japan did such promise. CCP will make know to world, China will declare war on Japan if they military support Taiwan independence.

 

[Suika]

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Stability in the Taiwan Strait is more important than ever, threatened by increasing Chinese military pressure, Japan's annual defense report said Tuesday, touching on the issue for the first time.

This year's white paper, reported to the Cabinet the same day, said China has further intensified military activities around Taiwan with some 380 Chinese warplanes entering Taiwan's southwestern airspace in 2020, citing data from the island's Defense Ministry.

The paper also mentioned that Chinese warships, including an aircraft carrier, sailed through the Bashi Channel, the waterway connecting the South China Sea with the western Pacific Ocean, and conducted a military drill last year.

"Stabilizing the situation surrounding Taiwan is important for Japan's security and the stability of the international community," the paper said.

"With military activities in the East and South China seas and around Taiwan becoming more active, we need to pay more attention to the military trends of the two countries (the United States and China) in the Indo-Pacific region," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a press conference when asked why Taiwan stability was mentioned in the report.

As attention was growing to the timeline of a possible Chinese invasion of the island democracy, former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Philip Davidson said in March that China could try to invade Taiwan "in the next six years."

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden said in a joint statement in April that peace and stability are important across the strait, the first reference to Taiwan by the two countries' leaders in such a document in more than half a century.

Taiwan and mainland China have been governed separately since they split amid a civil war in 1949. Beijing has since regarded Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification by force if necessary.

While pledging to build up his nation's military, Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to the "reunification" of Taiwan with the mainland in a speech on the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party's founding.

The paper also mentioned that Chinese warships, including an aircraft carrier, sailed through the Bashi Channel, the waterway connecting the South China Sea with the western Pacific Ocean, and conducted a military drill last year.

"Stabilizing the situation surrounding Taiwan is important for Japan's security and the stability of the international community," the paper said.

"With military activities in the East and South China seas and around Taiwan becoming more active, we need to pay more attention to the military trends of the two countries (the United States and China) in the Indo-Pacific region," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a press conference when asked why Taiwan stability was mentioned in the report.

As attention was growing to the timeline of a possible Chinese invasion of the island democracy, former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Philip Davidson said in March that China could try to invade Taiwan "in the next six years."

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden said in a joint statement in April that peace and stability are important across the strait, the first reference to Taiwan by the two countries' leaders in such a document in more than half a century.

Taiwan and mainland China have been governed separately since they split amid a civil war in 1949. Beijing has since regarded Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification by force if necessary.

While pledging to build up his nation's military, Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to the "reunification" of Taiwan with the mainland in a speech on the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party's founding.

Last year, Chinese coast guard vessels were spotted near the islands for 111 consecutive days, the longest streak since Japan bought the islets from a private owner and put them under state control in 2012. The paper claims activities of Chinese vessels represent "a violation of international law."

Beijing implemented a maritime law in February that allows its coast guard to use weapons against foreign vessels it views as illegally entering its waters.

The law "includes problematic provisions in terms of inconsistency with international law," the paper said.

The paper includes a new section focusing on U.S.-China relations, describing the world's two biggest economies as being in a "strategic race" and saying their rivalry will be even more apparent in various fields.
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https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...stability-in-defense-report-for-1st-time.html

 

[Place Of Space]

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Stability in the Taiwan Strait is more important than ever, threatened by increasing Chinese military pressure, Japan's annual defense report said Tuesday, touching on the issue for the first time.

This year's white paper, reported to the Cabinet the same day, said China has further intensified military activities around Taiwan with some 380 Chinese warplanes entering Taiwan's southwestern airspace in 2020, citing data from the island's Defense Ministry.

The paper also mentioned that Chinese warships, including an aircraft carrier, sailed through the Bashi Channel, the waterway connecting the South China Sea with the western Pacific Ocean, and conducted a military drill last year.

"Stabilizing the situation surrounding Taiwan is important for Japan's security and the stability of the international community," the paper said.

"With military activities in the East and South China seas and around Taiwan becoming more active, we need to pay more attention to the military trends of the two countries (the United States and China) in the Indo-Pacific region," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a press conference when asked why Taiwan stability was mentioned in the report.

As attention was growing to the timeline of a possible Chinese invasion of the island democracy, former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Philip Davidson said in March that China could try to invade Taiwan "in the next six years."

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden said in a joint statement in April that peace and stability are important across the strait, the first reference to Taiwan by the two countries' leaders in such a document in more than half a century.

Taiwan and mainland China have been governed separately since they split amid a civil war in 1949. Beijing has since regarded Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification by force if necessary.

While pledging to build up his nation's military, Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to the "reunification" of Taiwan with the mainland in a speech on the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party's founding.

The paper also mentioned that Chinese warships, including an aircraft carrier, sailed through the Bashi Channel, the waterway connecting the South China Sea with the western Pacific Ocean, and conducted a military drill last year.

"Stabilizing the situation surrounding Taiwan is important for Japan's security and the stability of the international community," the paper said.

"With military activities in the East and South China seas and around Taiwan becoming more active, we need to pay more attention to the military trends of the two countries (the United States and China) in the Indo-Pacific region," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a press conference when asked why Taiwan stability was mentioned in the report.

As attention was growing to the timeline of a possible Chinese invasion of the island democracy, former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Philip Davidson said in March that China could try to invade Taiwan "in the next six years."

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden said in a joint statement in April that peace and stability are important across the strait, the first reference to Taiwan by the two countries' leaders in such a document in more than half a century.

Taiwan and mainland China have been governed separately since they split amid a civil war in 1949. Beijing has since regarded Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification by force if necessary.

While pledging to build up his nation's military, Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to the "reunification" of Taiwan with the mainland in a speech on the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party's founding.

Last year, Chinese coast guard vessels were spotted near the islands for 111 consecutive days, the longest streak since Japan bought the islets from a private owner and put them under state control in 2012. The paper claims activities of Chinese vessels represent "a violation of international law."

Beijing implemented a maritime law in February that allows its coast guard to use weapons against foreign vessels it views as illegally entering its waters.

The law "includes problematic provisions in terms of inconsistency with international law," the paper said.

The paper includes a new section focusing on U.S.-China relations, describing the world's two biggest economies as being in a "strategic race" and saying their rivalry will be even more apparent in various fields.
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https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...stability-in-defense-report-for-1st-time.html

Japan, the war criminal of WWII and colony of America. Period.

 

[Mandalorian_CA]

nothing will happen , infact let me know when China takes Taiwan until then its time to enjoy hot pot.

 

[Titanium100]

Japan, the war criminal of WWII and colony of America. Period.

The Japanese have recently made a pact with Taiwan to defend it against China

 

[khansaheeb]

Taiwan will fight ‘to the very last day’ if China attacks

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Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, right, speaks during a briefing on April 7, 2021, in Taipei. (AP Photo/Wu Taijing)

• China’s attempts at conciliation while engaging in military intimidation are sending “mixed signals” to the island’s residents, says Taiwan FM

TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwan’s foreign minister on Wednesday said the island will defend itself “to the very last day” if attacked by China.
Joseph Wu said China’s attempts at conciliation while engaging in military intimidation are sending “mixed signals” to the island’s residents.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be won over peacefully or by force.
Wu noted China flew 10 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Monday and deployed an aircraft carrier group for exercises near Taiwan.
“We are willing to defend ourselves, that’s without any question,” Wu told reporters. “We will fight a war if we need to fight a war, and if we need to defend ourselves to the very last day, then we will defend ourselves to the very last day.”
China does not recognize Taiwan’s democratically elected government, and leader Xi Jinping has said “unification” between the sides cannot be put off indefinitely.
“On the one hand they want to charm the Taiwanese people by sending their condolences, but at the same time they are also sending their military aircraft and military vessels closer to Taiwan aimed at intimidating Taiwan’s people,” Wu said at a ministry briefing.
“The Chinese are sending very mixed signals to the Taiwanese people and I would characterize that as self-defeating,” Wu said.
The vast improvements in China’s military capabilities and its increasing activity around Taiwan have raised concerns in the US, which is legally bound to ensure Taiwan is capable of defending itself and to regard all threats to the island’s security as matters of “grave concern.”
Speaking in Washington, State Department spokesman Ned Price reaffirmed the US commitment to Taiwan. “The United States maintains the capacity to resist any resort to force or any other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security or the social or economic system of the people on Taiwan,” Price said Wednesday.
The naval drills being conducted in waters off Taiwan were meant to help China “safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests,” the army said Monday, using language often interpreted as being directed at Taiwan’s leadership that has refused to give in to Beijing’s demands that it recognize the island as part of Chinese territory.
Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949, and most Taiwanese favor maintaining the current state of de facto independence while engaging in robust economic exchanges with the mainland.
China has created conditions for greater economic integration, while also targeting some communities such as pineapple farmers in hopes of weakening their support for the island’s government.
Chinese diplomatic pressure has been growing also, reducing the number of Taiwan’s formal diplomatic allies to just 15 and shutting its representatives out of the World Health Assembly and other major international forums.
Taiwan has responded by boosting its high-tech industries and unofficial foreign relations, particularly with its key partners the US, Japan and others, and by building up its own defense industries, including a submarine development program, while buying upgraded warplanes, missiles and other military hardware from the US
Meanwhile, the US Navy says the carrier Theodore Roosevelt and its strike group reentered the South China Sea on Saturday to “conduct routine operations.” It is the second time the strike group has entered the waterway this year as part of its 2021 deployment to the US 7th Fleet area of operations.
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I doubt this claim as the numbers and everything is on China's advantage the only good thing Taiwan has is that it doesn't have land-connection to China. I think the UN charter is being broken between Taiwan and US because I believe they are providing tech to the taiwanese side even long range BMs over the allowed limit and other naval tools without claiming it is selling but passing down the know how. I believe the UN rules are being broken here big time behind the scenes

A day is only 12 hours long in Taiwan, so it seems they are resigned to they won't be fighting long?

 

[Suika]

Japan, the war criminal of WWII and colony of America. Period.

War is hell and the commies initiated that with the Xi'an incident. CKS was not ready and was developing Chinese industry and military with German assistance. But in order to save themselves, the commies kidnapped CKS to start a second united front for the sake of Manchuria. That, in the end of it all, let the outsider westerners strengthen their hand in the region with the complete disarmsment of Japan. Remember that when compaining about hegemony USA. Yet still most countries along China's perhery still want US presense. Playing dumb Pro-CCP posters serves as evidence that the PRC can not be trusted.

 

[Battlion25]

A day is only 12 hours long in Taiwan, so it seems they are resigned to they won't be fighting long?

I don't think Taiwan is located on the equator it is only countries who are located on the equator that can have 12 hours a day and 12 hours a night

 

[Suika]

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japan is mobilizing 100,000 soldiers for its Ground Self-Defense Force's largest maneuvers in 28 years, reports said Friday (Sept. 10).

The drills are scheduled to take place from Wednesday (Sept. 15) until late November, CNA reported. According to the south Japan local news site 373news.com, the aim of the event is to strengthen defense capabilities and counter China’s ever more frequent and aggressive maritime activities.

The last time the Ground Self-Defense Force staged drills on a national scale was in 1993, the website said. The exercises are set to involve 20,000 vehicles, in addition to 120 aircraft and private ships, while the navy, air force, and United States troops based in Japan will provide assistance.

Participants will take PCR tests and implement other measures to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19, the report said. The announcement of the maneuvers followed statements by Japanese government officials, including Japan Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo (岸信夫), warning the country could not stand aside in the event of Chinese action against Taiwan.
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4284492

 

[applesauce]

The Japanese have recently made a pact with Taiwan to defend it against China

no they didnt. they said taiwan is a security concern to japan(in the context of a PRC invasion). however there is no signed agreement to defend the island or any defence treaty. like the US, japan wants to use ambiguity, also known as all talk and no action. when war happens, like the us, there will be a whole array of excuses for why they cant go fight china.

 

[Battlion25]

no they didnt. they said taiwan is a security concern to japan(in the context of a PRC invasion). however there is no signed agreement to defend the island or any defence treaty. like the US, japan wants to use ambiguity, also known as all talk and no action. when war happens, like the us, there will be a whole array of excuses for why they cant go fight china.

It is unclear what the Japanese really want here at this point but engaging China seems a bit to far fatched but if the Americans were on board you never know but as you said the Americans won't intervene nor do I expect the Japanese intervening either

 

[khansaheeb]

I don't think Taiwan is located on the equator it is only countries who are located on the equator that can have 12 hours a day and 12 hours a night

My mistake, I quoted the average daylight hours in a year. But in the summer Taiwan get as much as 14 hours of sun so it depends on when the Chinese attack..

 

[Place Of Space]

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japan is mobilizing 100,000 soldiers for its Ground Self-Defense Force's largest maneuvers in 28 years, reports said Friday (Sept. 10).

The drills are scheduled to take place from Wednesday (Sept. 15) until late November, CNA reported. According to the south Japan local news site 373news.com, the aim of the event is to strengthen defense capabilities and counter China’s ever more frequent and aggressive maritime activities.

The last time the Ground Self-Defense Force staged drills on a national scale was in 1993, the website said. The exercises are set to involve 20,000 vehicles, in addition to 120 aircraft and private ships, while the navy, air force, and United States troops based in Japan will provide assistance.

Participants will take PCR tests and implement other measures to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19, the report said. The announcement of the maneuvers followed statements by Japanese government officials, including Japan Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo (岸信夫), warning the country could not stand aside in the event of Chinese action against Taiwan.
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4284492

War crimunal keep in mind Ryukyu kingdom will regain independence.