So about the Nancy Pelosi situation

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[–]NeoRail 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

To my knowledge, the chief officials did not threaten war. It was mostly journalists and other insignificant figures who were blustering. I think the minister of defence said that the army is "ready to fight", but he did not directly call for war either. My impression is that the Chinese wanted to bluff America into admitting its feebleness and inability to act by having them voluntarily give up on something as basic as a visit to a foreign state. Given that America has been losing on almost every front for a very long time now, I think that strategy was worth a shot. If successful, it would have perhaps completely discredited the very idea of an American world order. It didn't work this time, mainly because the American regime approaches foreign politics with invincible arrogance and carelessness. Still, I think that in the long term this will probably inconvenience America more than it inconvenienced China, because China has not really lost anything, but will certainly remember the insult.

[–]Rakean93Identitarian socialist[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I mean, we all know it's not a big deal by itself. A woman landed on Taiwan - that's literally it. I'm with you with that. But the Chinese did threaten reaction, and I think at least something symbolic should have happened.

[–]NeoRail 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think the fact that they warned the Americans not to set foot on Taiwan and mobilised a large number of troops and equipment for extensive exercises is already sufficient. To be honest, considering the massive scale of their mobilisation, at one point I thought that a war might genuinely break out. I think it should be very clear to the Americans that they will have to take the Chinese into account in order to avoid making a tremendous mistake in the Pacific. Many people in the US administration are already aware of this - Biden apparently commented that the military believed that Pelosi's visit was "not a good idea". I think the Chinese response is good confirmation of that, and really drives the message home.