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The China Threat - Revisited - Part III

"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." I Thessalonians 5:3

In this article, we will take a look at the nation of China and their future threat to the United States.

2. China's Partner Russia

In 2001, during the visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin to Moscow with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, both countries signed the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty. An article titled "Major Consequences of Chinese-Russian Treaty"(Note 3) says

"During the visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin to Moscow this week, Jiang and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin signed a Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty. This treaty, with an effective period of 30 years (20 years, from other data), will have grave consequences for prospects of war and peace around Taiwan and, probably, in all of East Asia - if not the entire world. First of all, the treaty will formalize and codify the strategic axis of Beijing-Moscow, i.e., an alliance directed against the United States and its close allies. The signing of the treaty will have several important aspects: There is enough reliable information that the treaty will contain open or hidden articles on Sino-Russian joint "resistance to aggression" against either of these two countries. This means that any attempt of the U.S. to defend Taiwan in the event of a People's Republic of China (PRC) attack on that island will be considered as aggression against the PRC, and the Russian army will come to the aid of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)............. In mid-February 2001, Russian strategic forces, including ground-based ICBMs and strategic submarines, carried out a "mock attack" against U.S. troops within the framework of joint Sino-Russian military actions during the Taiwan conflict. These preparations should be regarded with extreme seriousness. Between 1998 and 2001, the military expenditures of Russia, in comparable prices, almost doubled. These funds are being used mainly to support and revive the major components of Russia's strategic potential, including space warfare.........After signing the new Friendship and Cooperation Treaty, Russia will greatly boost its supply to the PLA of advanced conventional weaponry -fighters, attack helicopters, military transports, electronic warfare (EW) aircraft, diesel-electric submarines, destroyers equipped with advanced anti-ship missiles, air-defense missile systems of all kinds, and land-forces weapons. The same is true for the corresponding weapon-manufacturing technology. According to early data, in the first half of 2001, Russia's volume of weapon technology deliveries to China was at least two times more than in the first half of 2000. These deliveries will significantly expand in the 18 months after signing of the treaty this month. Moreover, after the treaty is signed, Russia (per agreements at the eighth Sino-Russian Military-Technological Cooperation Commission meeting in Moscow in February, with PLA Lt. Gen. Zhang Wannian as the head of the Chinese delegation) will also provide the PLA with TU-22 long-range bombers, state-of-the-art attack nuclear submarines, new-generation cruise missiles, and advanced EW and space warfare munitions. This will result in accelerated growth and qualitative upgrading of the PLA's combat potential, most of which will be focused into a "striking fist" around Taiwan. No illusions should remain here: After signing of the treaty, the entire Russian defense industry will be at the unlimited disposal of the PLA."

Did you understand what is being planned against America? When our nation goes to defend Taiwan against China, the Russians will attack us in response.

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Note 3: https://tinyurl.com/y3kqm5tv

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The China Threat - Revisited - Part II

" For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." I Thessalonians 5:3

In this article, we will take a look at the nation of China and their future threat to the United States.

1. Recent History of China

An article titled “Attack On Taiwan An Option To Stop Independence, Top China General Says”(Note 2) states

“BEIJING (Reuters) - China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday, in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own. Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on the 15th anniversary of the Anti-Secession Law, Li Zuocheng, chief of the Joint Staff Department and member of the Central Military Commission, left the door open to using force. The 2005 law gives the country the legal basis for military action against Taiwan if it secedes or seems about to, making the narrow Taiwan Strait a potential military flashpoint. ‘If the possibility for peaceful reunification is lost, the people’s armed forces will, with the whole nation, including the people of Taiwan, take all necessary steps to resolutely smash any separatist plots or actions,’ Li said. ‘We do not promise to abandon the use of force, and reserve the option to take all necessary measures, to stabilise and control the situation in the Taiwan Strait,’ he added. Although China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, it is rare for a top, serving military officer to so explicitly make the threat in a public setting. The comments are especially striking amid international opprobrium over China passing new national security legislation for Chinese-run Hong Kong. Taiwan’s government denounced the comments, saying that threats of war were a violation of international law and that Taiwan has never been a part of the People’s Republic of China. ”

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Note 2: https://tinyurl.com/yb4lm4oa

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The China Threat - Revisited - Part I

"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." I Thessalonians 5:3

In this article, we will take a look at the nation of China and their future threat to the United States.

1. Recent History of China

A civil war in 1949 separated China and Taiwan. The Chinese Communists ruled the mainland China and the Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan. They have been bitter enemies ever since. Under The Taiwan Relations Act, signed April 10, 1979, the United States agreed to protect Taiwan from an invasion by China. An article titled "Congress Hears US Forces Ready for Chinese Threat"(Note 1) states

"The top US naval commander in the Pacific has told Congress that US forces are well- positioned to deal with any Chinese military activity aimed at Taiwan, but says that the US has not seen any indication of an immediate military threat in the period surrounding Taiwan's presidential election. Admiral Thomas Fargo, the Navy Commander of the US Pacific Command, made his comments in testimony on Wednesday before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on defense budget issues and US security concerns in the Pacific region.........He also noted that 'we maintain a force posture and readiness and an ability to respond to contingencies that will ensure that should the president ask us, we can meet those responsibilities under the [Taiwan Relations Act].' This act, enacted 25 years ago today, commits the US among other things to 'maintain the capacity ... to resist any resort to force of other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security ... of the people of Taiwan'........Fargo was asked whether Taiwan's desire for 'increased autonomy and eventual independence' could spark a military confrontation between Washington and Beijing. He refused to speculate on Taiwan's actions, but said 'the most important thing is that we have to meet our responsibilities with respect to the Taiwan Relations Act as well as provide good advice to Taiwan as to how they improve their capability to defend themselves. And we're certainly doing that'........'The balance of power is changing across the Taiwan Strait' with China's continued military modernization, he said. 'Taiwan, on the other hand, continued cutting its defense budget,' he said. 'These diverging military trends highlight a political problem in which China constantly seeks to strangle more assertive demonstrations of Taiwanese democracy lest the people of Taiwan decide that they don't want to surrender their rights in order to become part of greater China. Those trends are accelerating, undermining the fragile standoff that has secured peace across the Strait for most of the last 50 years,' he said."

For more information about the Taiwan Relations Act visit www.taiwandocuments.org/tra01.htm

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Note 1: www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwa....n/archives/2004/04/0

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Russia Friend or Foe? - Revisited - Part XVI

"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." I Thessalonians 5:3

This post shows that Russia is not our friend but an enemy to the United States of America and is planning a future attack on this nation.

4. Russia Friend or Foe?
o) Another article titled “Russia May Need To Expand And Upgrade Its Nuclear Arsenal To Counter The West, Diplomat(Note 34) says”
“Russia may need to expand and upgrade its nuclear arsenal, already the world's largest, to counter the threat it faces from the West, a Russian diplomat said in an article published on Thursday. ’In the emerging realities, it is no longer possible to talk about strategic (nuclear) stability in its classical bilateral context,’ Russian Ambassador-at- Large Grigory Mashkov told International Affairs, a Russian journal. He said an arms race was underway and that there were now various countries developing missile technology.

Arms race?
‘It is possible that in the current conditions of confrontation with the West with its open policy of inflicting strategic damage on Russia, we may face the question of moving away from limiting nuclear and missile arsenals in favor of their quantitative and qualitative increase,’ Mashkov said. His statements come after Moscow updated its nuclear doctrine to state that any perceived attack on the country aided by a country with nuclear power is considered to be a joint attack on Russia.”

p) Another article titled “Russia's Putin Launches Nuclear-Powered Submarine”(Note 35) says
“On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin launched a nuclear-powered submarine equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles capable of traveling at several times the speed of sound. Russian news agencies, referring to a video link from the Arctic port of Murmansk, said Putin launched the vessel, named Perm after a city in the Urals, with the order: ‘I hereby authorize!’ The Russian agencies, quoting documents associated with the launch, said the Perm is the first nuclear-powered submarine to be equipped with Zircon missiles as a standard feature. Zircon missiles have a range of 900 km (560 miles), and their speed renders them very difficult to defend against. The Perm is the sixth submarine in Russia's Yasen and Yasen-M classes, built by the Sevmash shipyard near Murmansk.”

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Note 34: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-839974
Note 35: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-847933

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Russia Friend or Foe? - Revisited - Part XV

"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." I Thessalonians 5:3

This post shows that Russia is not our friend but an enemy to the United States of America and is planning a future attack on this nation.

4. Russia Friend or Foe?
m) Another article titled “What Are Russia's Strategic Treaties With Iran, North Korea and China?” (Note 32) says “Jan 17 (Reuters) - Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China and North Korea. All three countries are adversaries of the United States, and Russia has used its ties with them to help blunt the impact of Western sanctions and boost its war effort in Ukraine. Here are some of the key points of the agreements.

RUSSIA-CHINA ‘NO LIMITS’ PARTNERSHIP, 2022
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2022 and announced a strategic partnership that they said was aimed at countering the influence of the United States and would have ‘no 'forbidden' areas of cooperation’. It was signed 20 days before Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.’

RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, 2024
Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ pact in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024, including a mutual defence clause in case of aggression against either country. Kim expressed ‘unconditional support’ for ‘all of Russia's policies’, including ‘a full support and firm alliance’ for Russia's war in Ukraine.

RUSSIA-IRAN AGREEMENT, JANUARY 2025
The deal was signed in Moscow on Friday by Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who said it would take their relations to a new level across a host of areas including trade, transport and energy. The treaty says the two sides will work together against military threats and take part in joint exercises. It does not contain a mutual defence clause - unlike Russia's treaties with North Korea and Belarus - but says if one country is attacked, the other must not provide any military or other assistance to the aggressor.”

n) Another article titled “Russia Condemns Trump Missile Defense Shield Plan” (Note 33) says “Russia on Friday condemned an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump to build a new missile defense shield, accusing the United States of trying to upset the global nuclear balance and pave the wave for military confrontation in space. Trump on Monday signed an order that ‘mandated a process to develop an ‘American Iron Dome,’' a next-generation U.S. missile defense shield against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missile and other forms of aerial attack. The White House said the intention was to modernize an outdated system and address a ‘catastrophic threat’ that had become more complex as U.S. adversaries developed new delivery systems. But Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the plan was aimed at undermining the ability of both Russia and China to exercise nuclear deterrence. In the sharpest Russian criticism so far of a policy announced by Trump's new administration, she said that the planned U.S. move would hinder the prospects for talks on nuclear arms control - something that both Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have said they favor.”

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Note 32: https://www.reuters.com/world/....what-are-russiasstra korea-china-2025-01-17/
Note 33: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfr....ont/russia-u-smissil

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