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China Afternoon Missive
Here we have RAND as the latest to weigh in on rationalizing why it is China is working aggressively to modernize its military.
Most who weight in on this subject focus on claims that Beijing is seeking to move militarily on Taiwan in 2027. If you can actually recognize how it was that Hong Kong was ultimately brought to heel by the Chinese leadership, then you know that all the talk of “2027” is pure American war mongering.
Now we have RAND stating that the build up is for the expressed purpose of ensuring the Communist Party’s internal control through pure might. I’d say that this goal has already been achieved thanks to technology.
Allow me to provide a third option for why Beijing has decided to rapidly accelerate the modernization of its military. To fortify its national defensive position.
If you simply look at a map of the East China Sea, you’ll quickly find that China is surrounded by a multitude of American assets. Deployed in South Korea and Japan to the north all the way down to the Philippines with specific attention on Luzon Island. Then we need to take into account the continued unilateral moves by Washington DC to “move the goal posts” on the issue of Taiwan.
Over the past 25 years American hegemonic state craft has forced to bended knee more allies and adversaries than I can count. This China knows and Beijing is certainly not willing to wait idly by.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/16/china/china-military-readiness-rand-report-intl-hnk-ml
Here we have RAND as the latest to weigh in on rationalizing why it is China is working aggressively to modernize its military.
Most who weight in on this subject focus on claims that Beijing is seeking to move militarily on Taiwan in 2027. If you can actually recognize how it was that Hong Kong was ultimately brought to heel by the Chinese leadership, then you know that all the talk of “2027” is pure American war mongering.
Now we have RAND stating that the build up is for the expressed purpose of ensuring the Communist Party’s internal control through pure might. I’d say that this goal has already been achieved thanks to technology.
Allow me to provide a third option for why Beijing has decided to rapidly accelerate the modernization of its military. To fortify its national defensive position.
If you simply look at a map of the East China Sea, you’ll quickly find that China is surrounded by a multitude of American assets. Deployed in South Korea and Japan to the north all the way down to the Philippines with specific attention on Luzon Island. Then we need to take into account the continued unilateral moves by Washington DC to “move the goal posts” on the issue of Taiwan.
Over the past 25 years American hegemonic state craft has forced to bended knee more allies and adversaries than I can count. This China knows and Beijing is certainly not willing to wait idly by.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/16/china/china-military-readiness-rand-report-intl-hnk-ml