On Friday, the State Department approved two potential arms deals for Taiwan worth about $2 billion, drawing a sharp rebuke from China.
The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said one deal is for three National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and related equipment and has an estimated cost of $1.16 billion. The other deal is for radar systems and is worth about $828 million.
The approval of the arms sales begins a period when Congress could potentially block the deals. But the sales are not expected to face any opposition since there is strong bipartisan support for arming Taiwan.
In response to the approval of the arms sales, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that China “strongly condemns and firmly opposes it, and has lodged solemn representations with the US” and warned Beijing will “take all necessary measures to firmly defend national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.”
The new deals come as tensions are soaring between the US and China over Taiwan. Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, have repeatedly warned their US counterparts that the island is the “first red line” in US-China relations that must not be crossed, but the Biden administration continues to ignore Beijing’s concerns.
The US has always sold weapons to Taiwan since Washington severed diplomatic relations with Taipei in 1979 as part of a normalization deal with China. Last year, the US started providing US-funded military aid, marking a significant escalation in US support for the island. In September, President Biden approved a $567 million arms package for Taiwan using the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows him to ship weapons straight from US military stockpiles.
Odd there are no comments when this article is chock full of examples of usa State Terrorism against China vis a vis Taiwan, which is now and has always been, a province of China, far more so than ALL usa states which were all stolen from the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island
Taiwan is not now and never has been a province of the People’s Republic of China. It hasn’t been ruled from mainland China since 1895, and only intermittently before that.
Thomas, you are a typical BWed usian. Virtually every nation of the world, usa included, says Taiwan is a province of China.
The only nations that haven't stated this over 40 years ago TOTAL REALITY are tiny Pacific island nations DEEPLY AFRAID if they "recognize that Taiwan is China" they will become usa's Marshall Islands, Chagos Islands, Hawaii, Guam, and so on.
What you ought to be focusing on is that the usa has never been a "nation". It was all lands stolen from the America's First Nations.
I am part Comanche, sounds about right to me.
With no disrespect or rancor, I am surprised at how little even Indigenous people talk about The American Holocaust.
I agree that American has never been a “nation,” because the word “nation” is a quasi-religious construct used to justify enslavement to regimes.
I’ll focus on whatever I damn well please, thank you very much.
Taiwan is not now, and never has been, ruled by or part of the People’s Republic of China. That’s just a fact. You don’t have to like the fact that it’s a fact. It’s a fact whether you like the fact that it’s a fact or not.
It is really amazing how easily usians/westerners make claims to "facts" and "truth" all without a speck of evidence.
Focusing on one's lifelong usa brainwashing may be what BWed folks like to do but it has zero to do with truth or reality.
The quotes that I made use of around "nation" ONLY denote that the usa has always ONLY been a gangster group, not any kind of country, nation, … .
From the Founding Liars, Founding Holocausters, Founding Slavers, Founding Rapists, Founding Purely Evil …s.
Thomas L. Knapp” I agree that American has never been a “nation,” because the word “nation” is a quasi-religious construct used to justify enslavement to regimes.
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I believe you are attempting some dishonest mental gymnastics to avoid addressing the reality that the usa has ONLY ever been a Gangster Group, not a nation in the sense of being a good world citizen, treating others with courtesy, humanity, humaneness, a sense of justice.
You can confirm this for all, you included, by pointing out, describing that you cannot come up with a single thing the usa has ever done that relates to truth, justice, fairness, equitable treatment of other nations, … .
I don’t “avoid addressing the reality that the usa has ONLY ever been a Gangster Group.” I proclaim that reality constantly.
You seem to be intent on manufacturing some disagreement between us on that point out of whole cloth. I’m not sure what your motive might be, other than irritation that others make up their own minds what to think about and talk about instead of consulting you for orders first.
TLK: I don't "avoid addressing the reality that the usa has ONLY ever been a Gangster Group." I proclaim that reality constantly.
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Why then, Thomas, was there so much hedging about usa State Terrorism against China for close to two centuries?
Why did you not directly address the oh so obvious usa State Terrorism by the usa sending HUGE shipments of arms to Taiwan when it is part of China?
Would you be this complacent if Russia, China, India, any nation sent arms to CA, MT, NY, … ?
I did ” the oh so obvious usa State Terrorism by the usa sending HUGE shipments of arms to Taiwan when it is part of China”
Taiwan is neither geographically part of China, nor has it ever been politically part of the People’s Republic of China.
And I wouldn’t give a rat’s ass if Russia, China, India, et al. send arms to California, Montana, New York, etc. You seem to have mistaken me for some idiot who supports the existence of the US.
You are doing inane tangents to avoid having to admit you were/are wrong, Thomas.
And why then are you supporting usa State Terroism against China when the usa has STATED categorically and repeatedly, for close to half a century, along with every other major nation in the world, that Taiwan is a province of China?
In what universe am I supporting US state terrorism against China? Not this one.
I do not support US intervention of any kind in relations between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.
I don’t support US funding or arms to Taiwan.
I don’t support a US naval presence in the strait.
I don’t support sanctions, tariffs, or other trade interventions versus the People’s Republic of China.
Hell, I don’t even support the existence of the US, Taiwan, or PRC regime.
But I don’t have to pretend, or entertain the fantasy, that Taiwan is or ever has been a province of the PRC to arrive at those positions.
Those who do not condemn war criminal, gangster group usa “supports” Holocaust, … usa.
But the more important point/issue is that you keep on mouthing lies about China and Taiwan being a province of China. Using the totally and amoral notion that just because pirate gangster western nations were raping and pillaging countries all over the world, that somehow makes those nations NOT nations/countries.
You ought to have known, realized, that what you were lying about was just the usual usa lies.
And isn’t odd that a guy who says he doesn’t “support” the usa, you sure did try to support the usa and its serial lies.
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China: Timeline
For as long as there have been civilized humans, there has been some form of China.
It’s hard to say how old Chinese culture actually is, but it’s one of the oldest that still has a presence in the modern world. Legends claim that the earliest rulers in China were the Xia Dynasty, from 2100 to 1600 B.C., with Yu as the first emperor, but there is little proof that the dynasty actually existed. Below is a timeline of one of the great cradles of civilization.
https://www.history.com/topics/asian-history/china-timeline
Your biscuits aren’t quite done in the middle, are they?
TLK: I’ll focus on whatever I damn well please, …
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Doing that to avoid uncomfortable truths is lying by omission, which is as much a lie as direct lies. Many mental health care experts consider it to be even worse than direct lies.
Tom Knapp: It hasn’t been ruled from mainland China since 1895, and only intermittently before that.
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Who was China fighting during WWII? Who was China’s ally during WWII?
Not really relevant. The People’s Republic of China wasn’t established until four years after that war ended.
TLK: Not really relevant.
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VERY relevant, Thomas, because history, real actual history, not usa brainwashing history is all that is relevant.
Because only truth backed by evidence is relevant, usa brainwashing ain't.
Tho' lots of folks love to think it is.
Who was China fighting during WWII? Who was China's ally during WWII?
The usa state department states that there is ONLY one China and Taiwan is a province of China. As do the VAST majority of the nations of the world, including the usa.
So OBVIOUSLY, the usa is doing usa State Terrorism against China and the people of China, which includes Taiwan.
TLK: Not really relevant.
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History, actual history is totally relevant. It is all that matters as it is the truth, it is NOT the always rank usa propaganda because we all know that what flows from the usa are lies.
Voluminous direct lies and voluminous lies of omission which are lies as big.
Omission Lying Is Common With Disordered People
It should be mentioned that all forms of deception, including lying by omission are very common with Cluster B disordered individuals – psychopaths/narcissists/borderlines.
This is especially so for the psychopathic/sociopathic individuals, since it is a personality style characterized by relentless deceitfulness and manipulativeness (in other words, they don’t even need to think about deceiving others – they just do it naturally and instinctively).
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"The Australian Government continued to recognise ROC until the establishment of diplomatic relations with the PRC in 1972. Australia's Joint Communiqué with the PRC recognised the Government of the PRC as China's sole legal government and acknowledged the position of the PRC that Taiwan was a province of the PRC.
The terms of our Joint Communiqué dictate the fundamental basis of Australia's one-China policy. The Australian Government does not recognise the ROC as a sovereign state and does not regard the authorities in Taiwan as having the status of a national government. "
— Government of Australia since 1972
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Which is, for all intents and purposes, the same language of the usa and ALL major nations of the world, except the little ones scared shttless about the usa taking them over.
You are STILL studiously avoiding,
Who was China fighting during WWII?
Who was China's ally during WWII?
AND all the other deeply important and salient things/issues that describe how the usa was doing usa State Terrorism against China ALL THE while that the usa was China's ALLY DURING WWII.
There’s nothing to “avoid.”
The People’s Republic of China wasn’t fighting anyone during World War 2, because the People’s Republic of China didn’t exist during World War 2.
Taiwan, on the other hand, was part of Japan during World War 2, as it had been for half a century after having been ruled on and off by China for a couple of centuries while the Chinese tried (never with full success — some are still around) to exterminate the native population.
TLK: The People's Republic of China wasn't fighting anyone during World War 2, because the People's Republic of China didn't exist during World War 2.
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I suspect you know full well you are lying, Thomas. But regardless if you aren't then your ignorance is light years big.
The usa was China's ally, against Japan. The usa was backstabbing China ALL thru WWII on many levels totally in keeping with the usa's totally scummy existence, which you suggest you know of but STILL you seek to cover it up, aid and abett such evil.
What other enemy besides Japan did China have to fight thru WWII, all the while, scummy "ally" usa was stabbing China in the back?
I wasn't able to find a single mention in the above article referencing the massive, in years and support, for the usa State Terroism against China regarding Taiwan.
A parallel that could be drawn but isn't valid, is China funding and totally supporting, say, California separating from the usa, CA being supplied with –
On Friday, the Chinese State Department approved two potential arms deals for California worth about $2 billion, drawing a sharp rebuke from stunningly hypocritical usa.
It isn't valid because CA was stolen from Mexico, which was stolen, along with the entirity of the Americas, from the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.