The House’s new committee on China released 10 recommendations for ways that the US should increase support for Taiwan to prepare for a future war with China over the island. Members of the panel are looking to include their recommendations in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Some of the ideas were lessons the members of Congress said they learned from a recent war game they participated in that was conducted by the Center for a New American Security, a hawkish think tank funded by US arms makers and the Taiwanese government.
According to Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), the war game showed that the US would quickly run out of long-range missiles in a war with China over Taiwan. As a result, the first recommendation is for the US to make more long-range missiles.
Gallagher also said that the war game showed it would take the US and its allies time to craft economic sanctions to target China during a conflict. Because of that, the panel wants the US and its allies to plan economic measures ahead of time.
The panel shared the 10 recommendations on Twitter, which include:
- Manufacture & supply more long-range missiles to the Indo-
Pacific region - Devise severe economic costs in concert with our allies ahead of
time, should China act against Taiwan - Expand combined military training between the United States and
Taiwan - Deliver the $19 billion of backlogged military equipment and
weapons that Taiwan ordered from the United States - Establish a US military Joint Task Force or Joint Force HQ for
crisis command and control in Indo-Pacific Command - Enhance cyber resiliency in US critical infrastructure, especially
at port, air, and rail facilities with emphasis on military mobility - Help train Taiwan to strengthen its own cybersecurity
- Create a US-Taiwan Combined Planning Group to build stronger
relationships between our defense forces - Strengthen US military posture in the region by expanding bases
with allies, hardening fuel depots, and enhancing logistics - Expand Taiwan’s military stockpiles and resiliency to attack
Each recommendation would be seen as provocative from the perspective of Beijing, especially steps to increase joint military training between the US and Taiwan and US efforts to ship more weapons to the island.
The Biden administration is currently planning to provide Taiwan with $500 million in “free” weapons using the Presidential Drawdown Authority, the primary authority the US has used to arm Ukraine. The US also recently deployed 200 troops to Taiwan to assist in training, marking the largest known US military presence on the island since Washington severed diplomatic relations in 1979.
The Chinese military has called these steps “absolutely intolerable.” Gallagher and other China hawks are trying to sell their recommendations as “deterrence” and necessary to prevent a war, but Beijing’s actions have made clear that Taiwan will come under more Chinese military pressure in response to new types of US support for the island.
The most notable example was when China launched its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan in August 2022 in response to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visiting the island. China recently conducted similar exercises when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California.
I’m not sure why the US is pretending that Taiwan belongs to the US – China doesn’t act as if Mexico is Chinese.
Like Russia, were China reasonable she would simply accept her fate as a Washington vassal state, instead of an illegal and unprovoked aggression and invasion against a peaceful Taiwan.
Come again……….
Parody.
China should start, see how the DC Ghouls like that!!
Russia and China need to support one another, and Iran, or they will be crushed one at a time. If Russia fails in UKR. it is all over for China, does not China realize this?
Of course China knows this. China and Russia will make sure that neither one loses to the United States. They are already engaging in economic cooperation and, if necessary, will engage in military cooperation. The little minds in Washington don’t realize what they have created.
I suspect Xi wants very much for Putin to be badly embarrassed and the Russian military badly damaged out of all this. That would increase Russian reliance on China and speed up its conversion from “declining empire” to “Chinese satrapy.”
No xi doesn’t want that. China doesn’t want a Russian satellite. They have all the resources they want from Africa and the developing world. They want Russia as an ally. A satellite will not help them if a conflict breaks out. Vichi France was of no use to Germany.
Correct. Also, Russia is more advanced than China in weapons development – in particular AD (SM500 etc) and hypersonics.
This is correct. Russia 50 years from now is going to be a Russia fully reliant on China. Might as well start calling Moscow “Beijing West.”
Nonsense.
Think whatever thoughts are most comforting to you. Still hard to believe that Vlad is falling for the old “enemy of my enemy is my friend” nonsense. I mean, he seems like the kind of guy that revels in the misadventures of the U.S., so you’d think he’d have learned something from their ill-advised partnerships.
How do you dream-up such utter claptrap? “Fifty years from now?” WTF!!!!????? No one knows what will happen tomorrow. so what will be up in 50 years is quite a strech
Yea let’s worry about June 1 first
Bold prediction.
Right now I wouldn’t take an even money bet on China — in the form of the People’s Republic, that is — existing 50 years from now.
A comforting western delusion.
Russian military damaged? Don’t make me laugh. Even senior US military commanders admit that it is stronger now than before the Ukraine war started.
Xi wants Putin embarrassed? Please.
In reality, the Russians and Chinese have a mutually beneficial and rock solid alliance. They need each other – and the West is driving them closer.
They need each other – and the West is driving them closer.
And this is going to last? It NEVER does!
Keep dreaming. China’s industrial capacity exceeds that of the combined western economies, and Russia has more natural resources than any other nation on earth. Almost double that of the United States, the nation with the second most natural resources. And Russia has more advanced military technology. The west can’t win.
“China’s industrial capacity exceeds that of the combined western economies”
Not quite, but close.
“and Russia has more natural resources than any other nation on earth”
Which China covets. Which is why it will take its pound of flesh and then some for every bit of aid it gives to Russia, with an end goal of complete dependency.
“And Russia has more advanced military technology.”
Maybe. Historically, the Russians brag about their advanced technology, and we believe them, and it turns out to be crap. But maybe it’s different this time.
The thing is, if the United States really were a liberal democracy and really did practice free market capitalism, we would be unbeatable. We also would not be going forth into the world in search of monsters to destroy. We would be an example for the rest of the world to follow. That’s how it should be. That’s why I don’t see the point in spending any energy on criticizing Putin or Xi. All my energy goes to criticizing our own rotten government.
When discussing a topic, it makes sense to discuss the parties relevant to the topic.
I spend a lot more time criticizing the regime that happens to rule the territory where I live than I do criticizing other regimes, as is natural and fitting.
But I don’t have to ignore the world’s other regimes, or pretend they’re any better, to do that.
Honestly, Thomas, I’m extremely skeptical that Putin and Xi are anywhere near as bad as the west portrays them to be. The west has a vested interest in making them out to be monsters. I would never claim that they are angels, but I’m not buying that they’re monsters either.
Honestly, Thomas, I’m extremely skeptical that Putin and Xi are anywhere near as bad as the west portrays them to be.
Luckily, you don’t have to rely just on Western Media for that kind of critical analysis.
Care to provide us with any critical analysis? Or is moronic ranting your only talent?
Sure, anything to help someone clearly in need of guidance, and whose only talent seems to be moronic, aspirational ranting against Evil America(TM):
1. China is the world’s biggest polluter and treats the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean like a toilet; China’s human rights violations, especially against the Uyghurs is well-documented, and anyone with two brain cells and a computer could read up on that if they wanted to. Furthermore, the human rights abuses committed by China against the Uyghurs are comparable to what Nazi Germany carried out against Jews and what Imperialist Japan carried out against the Chinese in World War 2.
Economically, China still uses its ridiculous “developing nation” status to give it absurd advantages with trade and low interest loans. Additionally, the theft of intellectual property by China continues to a concern for companies and countries around the world. And then there’s the whole Belt and Road trap, which is all about suckering in poor and undeveloped countries with infrastructure deals that are generally rigged in China’s favor, meaning that some participants might very well
2. Russia is dominated by Vladimir Putin, a corrupt “strongman” politician who clings to a Cold War vision of Russian dominance. Any positive thing I can say about Putin, like him raising wages in Russia when he first took power, are immediately offset by the fact he is a cold-blooded murderer who will wipe out his opponents and critics. His invasion of the Ukraine, no matter his whining and crying about NATO and US antics in the Ukraine, is an illegal atrocity which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths…with a whole lot more to come. If you consider George W Bush to be a war criminal, then you have to consider Putin one, as well.
And then there’s the other stuff, like the dubious Second Chechen war based on the equally dubious 1999 apartment bombings, which many consider to be a false flag event, and, of course, the shootdown of MH17 in 2014.
You want to scream and cry about American corruption. Fine. But pretending like Russia and China are some benevolent world powers? You’ve got to be kidding me.
Seriously, dude, you need to apply some critical analysis to the narrative you are hearing in the mainstream western media. Take the step. Broaden your horizons. You’re just making yourself look like an idiot.
Sure, anything to help someone clearly in need of guidance, and whose only talent seems to be moronic, aspirational ranting against Evil America(TM):
1. China is the world’s biggest polluter and treats the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean like a toilet; China’s human rights violations, especially against the Uyghurs is well-documented, and anyone with two brain cells and a computer could read up on that if they wanted to. Furthermore, the human rights abuses committed by China against the Uyghurs are comparable to what Nazi Germany carried out against Jews and what Imperialist Japan carried out against the Chinese in World War 2.
Economically, China still uses its ridiculous “developing nation” status to give it absurd advantages with trade and low interest loans. Additionally, the theft of intellectual property by China continues to a concern for companies and countries around the world. And then there’s the whole Belt and Road trap, which is all about suckering in poor and undeveloped countries with infrastructure deals that are generally rigged in China’s favor, meaning that some participants might very well never get out from underneath China.
2. Russia is dominated by Vladimir Putin, a corrupt “strongman” politician who clings to a Cold War vision of Russian dominance. Any positive thing I can say about Putin, like him raising wages in Russia when he first took power, are immediately offset by the fact he is a cold-blooded murderer who will wipe out his opponents and critics. His invasion of the Ukraine, no matter his whining and crying about NATO and US antics in the Ukraine, is an illegal atrocity which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths…with a whole lot more to come. If you consider George W Bush to be a war criminal, then you have to consider Putin one, as well.
And then there’s the other stuff, like the dubious Second Chechen war based on the equally dubious 1999 apartment bombings, which many consider to be a false flag event, and, of course, the shootdown of MH17 in 2014.
You want to scream and cry about American corruption. Fine. But pretending like Russia and China are some benevolent world powers? You’ve got to be kidding me.
I tried to post a long response which outlined the issues, but I guess it was just too much for the system. Here’s a synopsis:
1) Xi & China – massive human right abuses, world’s biggest polluter. Economically, they cling to their developing nation status (which is absurd), providing them access to low interest loans and trade perks. And then there’s Belt and Road initiative, which entraps poor countries into a financial gambit they might not every crawl out from underneath of. Then factor in massive intellectual property theft which causes problems for companies around the world.
2) Putin: Responsible for the dubious Second Chechen War, based on the equally dubious 1999 apartment bombings, squashes, imprisons & murders political opponents and critics, MH17 shootdown, and now the hundred of thousands of deaths from the Ukraine War.
Want to call George W. Bush a war criminal? Fine. But that also means Putin is one, too. Want to complain about American corruption. Fine. But don’t pretend Russia and China are benevolent world powers.
How convincing.
Wow…!!!! How generous of you to give all the credit for the Ukraine war to Russia… I suppose Ukraine had good reasons to fail their obligations in the Minsk agreement. Did you miss Merkle’s confession that the West never intended to fulfill Minsk, that it was just to buy time to build up Ukraine military to confront Russia, the best, biggest and most well armed state on this planet…????
Just don’t pretend at all, and you will be fine,
All my energy goes to criticizing our own rotten government.
China and Russia thank you for your contributions.
You keep projecting the way America looks at the world onto China and Russia.
America is a predator and ‘covets’ the resources of other nations. It.is the nation that plunders and steals.
China and Russia don’t.
As for Russian hypersonics (and other weapons systems) they’re already proven to be decades ahead of anything the West has. There is no doubt at all on that point, and engaging in speculation about it is just delusional.
China and Russia don’t.
Well, China certainly does. It’s whole Belt and Road initiative is a trap for poor countries, and it continues to claim that it’s still a developing nation, meaning it receives trade advantages and low-interest loans.
You mean the hypersonic missiles that were apparently shot down a couple of weeks ago?
All Western Media lies, right?
That was a claim made by Kiev.
Did you perhaps watch video footage?
Shot down??? Maybe, but not likely. Like sanding a Voltswagon to catch a Ferrari!!!
My speculations may be imperfect, but they’re almost certainly more accurate than your fairy tale fantasies.
Johnnyo, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your posts. They’re a wonderful combination of misinformation, misinterpreted information, and wild speculation based on, well, whatever it is I’d imagine you’re feeling at the moment.
I doubt it , China knows if Russia falls to Western aggression , china will be next .
Exactly.
Xi must be greatly concerned that after all the hype, Russia can’t even credibly slap Ukraine around without it turning into a fiasco. He’d likely be much more comfortable with a reliable satrap who’d maintain the Russian armed forces up to some kind of credible standard instead of letting his oligarch masters bleed them so dry they’d probably come apart at the seams if confronted by a single junior high Catholic girls’ school field hockey team.
They are already engaging in economic cooperation and, if necessary, will engage in military cooperation.
Oh, you sweet summer child.
When China is in the position of not being totally relyant on the US for trade things will swiftly change .
China is already in the position of not being totally reliant on the US for trade. Trade between the US and China benefits both nations, but it probably benefits the US more than China. Peter Schiff recently made the argument that since China is sending the US lots of stuff and in return is getting much less stuff and lots of US debt, China could weather a cessation of trade much better than the US could. I agree with Schiff here. And I have to think that the US will try to do this sometime in the next few years, and, as usual, ordinary people will be the ones to pay the price.
They do realize that if one of them falls, the other[s] will be on their own.
However – how can we end this complete and utter madness that’s taken hold over US politicians as if they’ve collectively been hypnotized – that giving them too much credit – hope you get my point that it has to end.
Even on a site that names itself Antiwar I’m more then a tiny little bit disappointed that virtually all the articles here are about war instead of articles that are dead set against war.
Anyone who gets better economically becomes our enemy. Thirty some years ago it was Japan, now it is China
Well, fancy that. The USA has so much successful experience in warmaking, so many spare leftover weapons while the corporations plan for the slow “improvements ” of lemons such as the “stealth F-35”, so many willing men/ women/ trans humans fit and eager to kill the members of their main trading partner, it will be so easy. The main thing is to convince the poor dupes on Taiwan that China is really their enemy, not their homeland.
“The main thing is to convince the poor dupes on Taiwan that China is really their enemy, not their homeland.”
That job has been quite successfully outsourced to a Beijing outfit.
Taiwan is not Ukraine and China isn’t Russia. The former kmt pm visited China. First time someone who held such high ranking post went there. Taiwan I suspect would not involve itself in a devastating war even if sovereignty is at stake
From what I’ve heard listening to people who live in Taiwan, what most people in Taiwan want is to maintain the status quo. They want neither reunification with the mainland or independence from it. Unfortunately for them, the United States has their own ideas about what to do with Taiwan, and those ideas put the interests of the United States ahead of the wishes of the Taiwanese people.
That’s my understanding too and i actually don’t know any Taiwanese. It is tsi and her idiots who r leading Taiwan towards doom
Hopefully next year she will be shown the door and replaced by someone who is not an American puppet.
$19 billion of backlogged military equipment and
weapons that Taiwan ordered from the United States
I’d take China’s admonitions a little more seriously if they weren’t engaged in an expansionist agenda that involves their military too.
What expansionist agenda?whatever they r doing against Taiwan is because of us provocations and Taiwan is part of China anyways
They can reach Taiwan anytime they want. It’s the continents out of reach that interest the Chinese.
No.1 move to Brazil,,,,,!!!!!!
The Americans are making yet another idiotic blunder.
The irony (and one thing that a hubristic DC is overlooking) is that as recent elections in Taiwan confirm, the Taiwanese themselves will eventually vote for reunification with China, and the Americans will then be required to leave.
The reason for wanting long range missiles is the fact the US Navy can no long do as it please on the high seas like , the US high command has said it`s carrier fleet cannot get with in range of China to send fighters out and get the m back before they run out of fuel , effectively China`s hyper sonic missiles have all but take the US Navy out of the game .
Notice none of the ten points included: ‘raise GDP growth in American economy to be better able to match China’s economic and military growth’.
China’s economy has been growing faster than America’s for years.
And it still is.
https://tradingeconomics.com/china/gdp-growth-annual
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth-annual
America better get it’s economic ass together or she will be passed as the largest economy in the world.
It has already been passed by China in PPP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)
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Also see the Composite Index of National Capability, which measures a nation’s economic, military, demographic and other strengths. China’s score was about 50% higher than the US score. Russia is in fifth place, behind China, US, India, and just barely trails fourth place Japan.
When America goes to war with China it will conside with our full support for pedophilia. On day one we will legalize pedophilia and on Day two we will raise our hand to China and Russia will burn this country to the ground. You have been warned!
When America goes to war with China it will conside with our full support for pedophilia. On day one we will legalize pedophilia and on Day two we will raise our hand to China and Russia will burn this country to the ground. You have been warned!
Yes, we have been warned that you’re a moron.