Last week, two Chinese J-11 fighter jets crossed the median and stayed on Taiwanese air space for about 10 minutes, even after Taiwanese interceptors were dispatched.
Tsai Ing-wen, the President of Taiwan, defined the incursion by the PLA Air Force as “reckless and provocative”.
US mainstream media predictably spun this latest incursion as yet another Chinese provocation, omitting the essential background to what is only one more move in an extremely complex – and dangerous – geopolitical chessboard.
Taiwan has made an official request to buy more than 60 F-16 fighter jets from the USA. And the Trump administration tacitly approved it.
It works like this. Trump’s advisers “encouraged” Taipei to make a formal request. They acted in tandem with Lockheed Martin, which builds the F-16’s.
The request then became an actual proposal by the Pentagon and State Department. Finally, Congress has 30 days to consider whether the sale may go ahead.
Considering this particular case suits not only the industrial-military complex, but also the overall US government agenda of containment of China, it might as well be considered a done deal.
Without this crucial context, it’s impossible to understand the logic behind the Chinese “provocation.” And that is also directly linked to John Bolton torpedoing negotiations with North Korea (the DPRK) and the non-stop demonetization of both Russia and Iran.
China, Russia and Iran are the essential nodes in the laborious, ongoing, long-term Eurasia integration process. Russia and China were also essential advisers to the DPRK in its nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration.
The demonetization of Russia and Iran proceeds in parallel with what is in effect a Washington-orchestrated SWIFT-CHIPS war.
CHIPS is the US dollar clearing system used by 88% of the transactions in global trade. This means that the US dollar is on one side of every international transaction 88% of the time. If you are cut out of this system, it’s extremely difficult to conduct world trade.
China is way more dependent on world trade than Russia as it needs to import massive amounts of natural resources that must be paid for by exports.
Recent history is filled with examples – for instance, Japan and South Korea – showing that national self-sufficiency works. China is fine-tuning the model as applied to the Made in China 2025 strategy.
China is de facto an equal or even ahead of the USA in plenty of technology areas – as documented. So now the US propaganda in the Pacific must come to an hold,and China is testing weakened defenses.
Russia Insider / ABC Flash Point News 2019.
Taiwan only a couple dozen of countries backing their independence?
China has time and resources?