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by Gordon G. Chang • September 29, 2020 at 5:00 am
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* Beijing is sending aircraft near Taiwan "almost every day" and directing them to approach in all four directions.
* "Hu Xijin is not just urging China to commence a war to murder millions of Taiwanese, he wants China to be able to kill millions of Americans as well." — Richard D. Fisher, Jr., military analyst and senior fellow at the Virginia-based International Assessment and Strategy Center, Taipei Times, September 21, 2020.
* China's ruler, therefore, needs something to distract restive Chinese people as well as unhappy senior leaders. We may think that Xi Jinping should be cautious, but from where he stands, he now has incentives to start a crisis, especially if he thinks President Trump, seeking re-election, will not respond.

China has been sending large numbers of fighter aircraft and bombers into Taiwan's airspace this month. At the same time, China's ruling Communist Party is issuing threats. "They are rehearsals on taking over Taiwan," the Communist Party's Global Times newspaper stated in an editorial. Last month, the message was directed at Washington. While U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar visited Taiwan's capital, Taipei, China ordered aircraft to fly near the island. Pictured: Azar speaks at the Presidential Office in Taipei on August 10, 2020. (Photo by Hsieh Chia-chang/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

China, violating previous understandings, has been sending large numbers of fighter aircraft and bombers into Taiwan's airspace this month.

At the same time, China's ruling Communist Party is issuing threats. The flights of military aircraft are not warnings, the Communist Party's Global Times newspaper stated in an editorial on September 18. "They are rehearsals on taking over Taiwan. What is needed is a political reason that can turn them into real battle to smash Taiwan independence forces."

Fortunately, bad weather is coming. The November-through-January period is not conducive to conducting invasions across the Taiwan Strait. Nonetheless, China is clearly gearing itself for war.

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