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China is yanking our sleeve to get attention \u2013 again.\u00a0 If it\u2019s so important for China\u2019s \u201cface\u201d to have control of Taiwan, why did they get chased out of there when Chiang Kai-Shek was in charge of the place? Nice photo of a Chinese fighter jet in the article. Looks an awful lot like one of ours, too.\u00a0 Hmmm…..<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2021\/06\/16\/china-sends-largest-group-of-military-aircraft-in-single-day-near-taiwan\/<\/a><\/p>\n From the article: Taiwan has accused China of attempting to wear down its Air Force with regular flybys, with former Defense Minister Yen Teh-fa telling parliament in October 2020 that Taiwan flew 2,972 sorties against Chinese aircraft between January and October that year.<\/p>\n In Beijing, the spokesman of China\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office, Ma Xiaoguang, said the latest flybys were a response to \u201cacts of collusion\u201d between Taiwan and \u201cforeign forces\u201d in a bid to secure Taiwanese independence. China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a rogue province and has vowed to reincorporate<\/a> the island with the mainland.<\/p>\n The flybys happened on the same day the U.S. Navy said a carrier group, led by the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, entered the South China Sea<\/a> via the Bashi Channel. Citing a spokesman from the carrier group, Reuters reported the Navy did not have any interactions<\/a> with the Chinese aircraft.<\/p>\n China has previously flown a large bomber force near Taiwan while a U.S. Navy carrier group was transiting the nearby waters. The Wall Street Journal reported in February that one such force of H-6s carried out a \u201cmock attack\u201d on the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group as the lead ship and its escorts transited the Bashi Channel. \u2013 article<\/p>\n It’s all BS. I know it, you know it, and Xeebie knows it but he\u2019s gotta show us whose boss<\/em> or something like that.\u00a0 And it’s worth wondering just how many stupid mistakes the current administration will make in regard to Taiwan vs. China over the next few years.<\/p>\n Stay tuned to this station. There is very likely more to come. And good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"