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      What Exact “Security Threat” Does China Pose?

      Any danger from China's rise is to the U.S.'s business and political elites, not its people.

      Chris Wright
      May 02, 2023

      Everyone who abhors war, detests imperialism, and favors cooperation between nations on global warming, poverty reduction, protection of biodiversity, international disarmament, implementation of international law, and other left-wing priorities ought to be appalled by the escalating tensions between the U.S. and China and actively organizing against them.

      The new Cold War between “East” (including Russia) and “West” is more dangerous than the first one, not only in having already provoked a proxy war between great powers in Europe itself, and not only in undermining any progress toward goals that are urgent for all of humanity, but also in preparing the conditions for a horrific large-scale war that might well end in nuclear winter. The coming years will, to a substantial degree, determine the future of civilization, which puts a tremendous burden on all decent people to struggle to end the madness.

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      Chinese Official Warns McCarthy Meeting With Taiwanese President Would Be 'Provocation'

      A potential visit with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen "seriously violates the One China principle, harms China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and destroys peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," said one official.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 29, 2023

      China's Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday warned the U.S. that the country will take "resolute countermeasures" if an expected meeting between U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen goes forward this month following Tsai's trip to Central America.

      The Taiwanese president is expected to meet with the California Republican in Los Angeles, going against repeated calls from China for the U.S. to refrain from meeting with her, which the Chinese government sees as a sign of support for Taiwan's desire to be seen as a separate country, and a failure to commit to the "One China" policy the U.S. agreed to five decades ago.

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      Military helicopters carrying tremendous Taiwan flags conduct a flyby rehearsal ahead of National Day celebration, near Taipei

      Just How Likely Is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan?

      Imagine a world in which we were leading with diplomacy towards Beijing, not planning for what would be a devastating war.

      Michael T. Klare
      Mar 14, 2023

      Is China really on the verge of invading the island of Taiwan, as so many top American officials seem to believe? If the answer is “yes” and the U.S. intervenes on Taiwan’s side — as President Biden has sworn it would — we could find ourselves in a major-power conflict, possibly even a nuclear one, in the not-too-distant future. Even if confined to Asia and fought with conventional weaponry alone — no sure thing — such a conflict would still result in human and economic damage on a far greater scale than observed in Ukraine today.

      But what if the answer is “no,” which seems at least as likely? Wouldn’t that pave the way for the U.S. to work with its friends and allies, no less than with China itself, to reduce tensions in the region and possibly open a space for the launching of peaceful negotiations between Taiwan and the mainland? If nothing else, it would eliminate the need to boost the Pentagon budget by many billions of dollars annually, as now advocated by China hawks in Congress.

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