The Dog that Did Not Bite
by tdaxp ~ January 29th, 2010
I have been following this for a week, and so far, nothing from Chinese sources.
For the first time, probably ever, a Republic of China (Taiwan) military jet landed in California. The purpose of the trip was for President Ma of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to visit local leaders in California before heading to Honduras.
Hmmm…
I think this is your...
January 29th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
So, is this one of the fruits reaped from Ma’s little trip?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/taiwan.arms/index.html?hpt=T1
January 29th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
If this is really MAD, then I’d love to know what would be the “SDI for the 21st Century.”
January 30th, 2010 at 5:42 am
I Just heard something on the TV about the PRC stopping military exchanges with the USA. I didn’t quite hear it all as I was booting up my computer and still a bit sleepy.
January 30th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Love the poster Dan, so true!
Here is the link to the story Purpleslog referred too.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_taiwan_arms_sales
The irony is that the U.S. would do the same thing if China cut an arms deal and called attention to a mutual security arraignment with someone on immediate border.
January 31st, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Perhaps a more likely response than selling arms to Cuba would be a Chinese base in Pakistan [1]…
The CCP and USA are in a position where neither can be seen on backing down to the other, but both wish to support the KMT. The USA cannot allow Taiwan to fall by force without a serious loss of face, the CCP cannot allow Taiwan to gain de jure independence, and the KMT cannot become solely dependent on only one sponsor. As long as President Ma’s type remain in control, everyone wins.
[1] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-mulls-setting-up-military-base-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5510235.cms
January 31st, 2010 at 4:09 pm
That fear being realized in this post from USNI
http://blog.usni.org/2010/01/31/qdr-china-and-overseas-basing/
February 1st, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Don’t suppose Obama’s trying to get a three-way together with Ma and Hu to cut down on the shadowpuppet politics? It’d be nice, anyway . . .
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:11 am
Sadly, the Shadow-Puppet politics use to serve to distract everyone from a debate with real benefits (globalization) and real drawbacks (1914-style destruction of the world system). So yeah, everyone has fun pretending to freak out over Patriot missiles.
It will be interesting to see India’s reaction to China’s encirclement of her…