Name: 美國會輸掉對台灣的戰爭嗎？（Could the US Lose a War Over Taiwan?）
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And the Chinese Communist Party wants the US

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There's been a lot of attention on Taiwan recently.

And not because of its delicious pineapples.

Ok, some of the attention has been because of its delicious pineapples.

But there's more and more concern over whether the Chinese Communist Party will try to take

That's why the Taiwan Strait, the body of water that separates Taiwan from China, has

been called a powder keg that could set off a world war.

Yet another light, uplifting China Uncensored episode.

Earlier this year, a US Admiral warned that China could invade Taiwan in the next six

That was Admiral Philip Davidson, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command.

He made that assessment back in March and then...retired from the Navy.

The new commander of the Indo-Pacific Command is also concerned about Taiwan.

He says that China's threat to Taiwan is “closer to us than most think.”

And that a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan is the biggest threat in the Pacific.

And a bigger threat than North Korea or Russia.

Look, there's a reason that I started China Uncensored, and not North Korea UnJuched,

And that reason is...I don't want to get poisoned.

Anyway, the point is that it's good news that the US military is concerned about the

Now the question is, what are we going to do about it?

Because, according to my favorite state-run media, the Global Times, the US will lose

Now, at first glance, this seems like a pretty standard Global Times article.

It blames the US and its Taiwan Relations Act for giving birth to “Taiwan's renegade

It calls Congress's support of Taiwan corrupt.

And it compares Taiwan's situation to the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Just a reminder that Taiwan is a self-governing country that was never controlled by the People's

Republic of China at any point in history.

So, yeah, totally the same thing as the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

But what does the Global Times article say that the US should do, if it doesn't want

Tell Taiwan to accept “one country, two systems” rule under the Chinese Communist

I mean, it worked out so well for Hong Kong.

And if that doesn't work, the US president could just rescind the Taiwan Relations Act...which

he can't do because it's a US law, and only Congress can change laws.

But if Congress gets in the way, then the US president should just order the US government

to not get involved in a China-Taiwan conflict.

Well, it's because China has a decisive advantage in a fight with the US: casualty

Meaning, that to get what it wants, the Chinese Communist Party is way more willing to let

The whole point of this article is this sentence: “Taiwan's fate poses no existential threat

to the US, and the US should not fall into the trap of paying for their hubris with American

They're saying, Taiwan's not important, so it's definitely not worth shedding American

blood over, so we should encourage them to “reunify” with an authoritarian regime

that they were never a part of in the first place.

Like I said, it sounds like a standard Global Times article.

But it turns out, it wasn't written by a Global Times editor.

It was written by a retired Marine Corps infantry officer who now serves as a US civil servant

Wait, is the Pentagon ok with its employees writing opinion articles in a Chinese propaganda

outlet that's been designated a foreign mission by the US government?

Well, apparently the author didn't ask for approval before publishing this piece.

Which means he could be facing disciplinary action.

Now, I don't know why this author chose to write this article for a Chinese propaganda

Maybe he really thinks he's preventing war between China and the US.

Regardless, for the Global Times, this is a propaganda jackpot.

This Global Times article is a perfect example of the Chinese Communist Party's political

As Professor Kerry Gershaneck says, political warfare is the Communist Party's plan to

Part of political warfare is media warfare.

That “involves using public opinion as a weapon by propagandizing through various forms

of media in order to weaken the adversary's 'will to fight.'”

Here's an example: This China Daily article warns that Taiwan should abandon its independence

The Communist Party might call it Taiwan's independence stance.

Normal people would call it acknowledging reality.

Unlike Chinese state-run media, which has to call Taiwan's presidential elections

the Taiwan regional leadership elections.

Because they can't admit that Taiwan is in fact already independent.

But the point is, the Communist Party is using media warfare to intimidate Taiwan.

And that's what they're doing to the US, too.

Their message is, Taiwan isn't worth fighting for, so we should encourage them to give in

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