Chinese state-run media is basically saying that, in the wake of the Afghanistan debacle, the US will not prevent the fall of Taiwan, which is being characterized as a matter of when, not if:
An editorial by the Global Times, a Chinese state-run outlet, took aim at Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party and President Tsai Ing-wen.
“From what happened in Afghanistan, [the DPP] should perceive that once a war breaks out in the Straits, the island’s defense will collapse in hours and the US military won’t come to help,” the editorial states. “As a result, the DPP authorities will quickly surrender, while some high-level officials may flee by plane.”
The editorial called on the DPP to “keep cross-Straits [of Taiwan] peace with political means, rather than acting as strategic pawns of the US and bear the bitter fruits of a war.”
Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin also commented on the Afghanistan withdrawal on Twitter.
“After the fall of the Kabul regime, the Taiwan authorities must be trembling,” Hu wrote. “Don’t look forward to the US to protect them. Taipei officials need to quietly mail-order a Five-Star Red Flag from the Chinese mainland. It will be useful one day when they surrender to the PLA.”
It doesn't get much more explicit than that.
Let me think what they think and say what they say. Are we all supposed to tremble in our beds tonite?
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