Things are a lot more tense with China over Taiwan right now than the network media wants you to know. For instance, after warning us of “retaliation” if Tsai Ing-Wen were to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which she did, China sailed another aircraft carrier into the zone of operations. Not only that, they announced on Thursday a “three-day series of patrols,” ordering everyone that “any ships in the area stop for inspection or even boarding.” Taiwan’s maritime authority warns don’t allow it.
Taiwan watching close
On Thursday, April 6, the Chinese government officially “announced a three-day series of patrols in the Taiwan Strait.” As soon as it was announced, Taiwan’s maritime authority “rejected the order, filing a complaint with Chinese authorities.”
As Fox News relates, they also “urged its shipping companies to ignore such inspection orders and notify the Taiwanese coast guard immediately should it receive one.”
Everyone is waiting for a ship to be approached, to see what happens next. That hasn’t been reported yet. “If the mainland side insists on taking one-sided actions, it will create obstacles to normal exchanges between the two sides. We will be forced to take corresponding measures,” authorities in Taiwan declare.
🇨🇳🇹🇼🇺🇸 China has begun patrolling the waters of the Taiwan Strait.
The operation began after reports of a meeting between Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan's Chief of Staff Tsai Ing-wen. Patrol zones are located near the island of Taiwan. pic.twitter.com/wUEpbhulMD
— Тоби айоделе -Tboy🇷🇺 🇳🇬 (@TobiAyodele) April 5, 2023
They’re terrified Xi will simply say “Okay.” That little visit of the territory’s “not-President” to California was a little “one sided” as well.
All the network news has to report about the situation is that the “areas impacted by China’s inspection order could impact passenger and fishing vessels as well as commercial and shipping vessels.” The Pooh Bear could snarl global shipping and make the backlog on hotly demanded microchips stretch out eternally.
Taiwan practically dared the mainland to stop threatening and make a move. They know war is coming but hope it won’t be for years. The way China’s foreign ministry has been flitting all over the globe shows that something is up right now.
China promised ‘strong’ measures
Beijing promised “strong” measures if the two leaders went through with the meeting and they did. So, now they have to follow through with their threat and do something. They promised last week it would be something to settle the matter.
“We will take resolute measures to punish the ‘Taiwan independence‘ separatist forces and their actions, and resolutely safeguard our country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” What they mean by that is it’s still their territory whether the West likes it or not.
In front of the TV cameras, both Ing-Wen and McCarthy gave “carefully-worded statements.” They can tiptoe around all they want but China knows they’re in bed together, politically. The Taiwanese may be legally separated but Taiwan never got an official divorce from China back in ’49.
The Chinese Government has announced that it will begin to Stop and Inspect any Ship that is seen Sailing through the Taiwan Strait; the Republic of China (Taiwan) has stated that it will Not Cooperate with any kind of “Search and Seizure” by the People’s Liberation Army Navy. pic.twitter.com/1Nhs0t2aC3
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 6, 2023
That gives Pooh Bear the right to feel jealous. Uncle Sam’s been squeezing his honey. From the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi, California, “the pair spoke highly of the relationship between ‘the people‘ of Taiwan and the U.S.,” thinking the wording will appease Xi.
Technically they phrased things “to avoid complications arising from the Taiwan Relations Act, which stipulates that Taiwan and the U.S. cannot have formal diplomatic relations.” They can’t get married so they sneak around to the no-tell motel and think Xi Jinping will ignore their flagrant behavior.
The latest word from the region notes the operation covers the Pingtan Taiwan direct container route. It also affects a passenger route between Taiwan’s Kinmen and Matsu islands and the “vessel customary route.” All are “densely navigable zones for commercial and fishing vessels, and locations with frequent illegal sand mining activities.“
