China State Media Says Country Must Prepare for Nuclear War With U.S. After Biden Asks for COVID Probe
By: Jenni Fink (MSN)
Hmmmm. Wonder why the over reaction?
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Hu Xijin, the editor of the Chinese state-run newspaper the Global Times, considers enhancing China's nuclear program as being vital to the country's "strategic deterrence" against the United States.
Protests in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the COVID-19 pandemic and accusations China's engaged in a genocide against the Uighur Muslims are sowing deeper divisions in an already strained relationship between China and the United States. With Beijing one of America's top concerns, President Joe Biden has sought to strike a stern tone, while China sees much of America's actions and comments to be an encroachment on its sovereignty.
The increasingly confrontational rhetoric and military maneuvers coming out of the two countries have raised concerns about a potential war.
"We must be prepared for an intense showdown between China and the U.S.," Hu wrote in a Thursday op-ed for the Global Times. "The number of China's nuclear warheads must reach the quantity that makes U.S. elites shiver should they entertain the idea of engaging in a military confrontation with China."
Hu advocated for "rapidly" increasing the number of commissioned nuclear warheads, DF-41s, an intercontinental ballistic missile, and strategic missiles that have "long-range" capabilities.
The editor posted the same comments on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform.
China and the United States have been sparring over a range of issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Hu's op-ed came one day after Biden announced he instructed the Intelligence Community to "double down" on their efforts to identify the COVID-19 origin, including coming up with a list of questions that China has to answer.
The Intelligence Community hasn't ruled out the possibility that COVID-19 originated in a laboratory, a notion that China vehemently dismissed as being politically motivated and anti-science. Officials have also attempted to shift blame to the United States' Fort Detrick, citing no evidence, and accused Biden of "stoking confrontation and sowing division" with the Intelligence investigation.
Before Biden drew China's ire for his push for an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, tensions mounted over an American warship sailing through the Taiwan Strait. The American military maintained that the ship's transit was in line with international order and demonstrated the United States' commitment to a "free and open Indo-Pacific." China, however, saw it as a threat to its control over Taiwan and accused the U.S. of "endangering peace and stability" in the region.
In his op-ed, Hu wrote that building up China's nuclear arsenal is important because America's "strategic containment" of China is becoming "increasingly intensified.
Having that military buildup is a "cornerstone of China's strategic deterrence against the U.S.," according to Hu.
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Pretty stiff reaction for what some have deemed a nothing burger........................
Why not? They proposed the same thing against Australia if they came to the defense of Taiwan with America (assuming Biden was awake) if Communist China invaded the independent country of Taiwan.
Morning ex..let them get on with it..I have never known a country to be so obsessed with us than China is at the moment..it is quite hilarious. New Zealand will be next in the firing line for trade sancations as they support us and the other allies..
All the country's that we look upon as allies and China doesn't it is causing them massive hissy fits..so yes we would always support the USA India Hong Kong Taiwan UK Canada and anyone else.. nothing new there and if that is interfering in their internal affairs..well tough bikkies...
Was just reading an article this morning the top Chinese officials have been told to start projecting a more loveable and humble China..that could be interesting..
Can't believe with all the crap that is going on in the world right now, countries are still fighting or threatening to..makes you really wonder about the human race at times...
Good evening shona1... Australia has always been one of if not the most loyal ally of America. Besides the Aussies penchant to never back down from a good brawl, they were and are some of the best warriors America and myself personally have ever had the honor of working with.
China likes to posture and bully, but bullies will always fall as they are all talk and nothing more. The Chinese soldiers are great at structured marching, and I will admit that they do look impressive all lined up and marching in lock step, but unlike other military forces, they are not and never will be allowed the privilege of independent thought and will always need to be lead by another.
As to China being humble... that will never happen. They need to project power to keep their own people in line.
I'm amazed at how knowledgeable you are about China - you are so familiar with the training, development and competence of the Chinese military, and must be familiar with the fact that the greatest number of international UN peacekeepers are Chinese and their ability to carry out their duties. It's strange to me, though, that in my almost 15 years here and having been in contact with so many people at so many levels that ANY of them felt pressured by their government, and in fact everyone was quite happy and, contrary to what we see happening in the USA, quite capable of controlling themselves without any force being applied (which, by the way is why the virus is so well controlled here WITHOUT necessary reliance on vaccines). So allow me to ask the Baron Munchausen question - "Vas you dere, Sharlie?" http://www.definition-of.com/Vas+you+dere%2c+Sharlie%3f
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Seems like a familiar stance.
From this article:
"The number of China's nuclear warheads must reach the quantity that makes U.S. elites shiver should they entertain the idea of engaging in a military confrontation with China."
From a few years ago:
Republican legislators prioritize bolstering U.S. deterrence and military capabilities, particularly nuclear weapons, while Democrats emphasize seeking diplomatic solutions and decreasing U.S. reliance on nuclear weapons.
Commonly called 'kowtowing'.
It's what is to be expected from a totalitarian state where everyone has to think as the state does. During the Cultural Revolution Chairman Mao Zedong unleashed millions of Red Guard youth to promote “correct” communist thought. The correct thought for now is that the west has no right to know where the coronavirus began. Let us never forget that the American msm supported this thought for about a year.
Mr. Eldred, I believe you inadvertently described the Democrats and far left ideologues.
If you call writing an op-ed a stiff reaction.
The headline seems a tad hyperbolic in comparison to the actual text of the article.
You got it. You saw and reacted to the exact same thing I intended to post my comment about. The weak minds are SO guided by headlines of articles, headlines that are crafted to mislead having little to do with what is reported in the article under them. It is the same thing I have criticized the media for doing to Israel. The example I gave back then was headlines that read "Israeli Soldiers Kill Gazan Protesters", It was necessary to read down to about the third or fourth paragraph (and many don't bother, they're already "informed" by the headline) where the report indicates that Gazans broke through the border fence and were throwing grenades at the Israeli soldiers when they were shot. You know, just like this cartoon. And look at what that kind of media bias created.
So here we go again. The headline speaks of "Nuclear War", WAR!!! But the article only speaks of deterrence and preparedness, and it is only an opinion piece. Didn't America ever speak about deterrence and preparedness during the Cold War? So the media uses a scare tactic, and look how well it has influenced the supposedly intelligent members of this very site.
Meh. Adding more nukes won’t change anything.
I agree, how many nukes would be needed to take out most of a nation's major cities and military installations when those firing them have hypersonic delivery ability and the pinpoint ability to accurately land on a distant planet?
More proof the "escape" was intentional.
First we don’t know that there was an “escape”, and secondly this isn’t evidence any such escape was intentional. It’s just the same kind of blustering we have heard for awhile now, from the USSR, N Korea, China, Iran. It all leads to the same place, nowhere because MAD applies and none of our adversaries are suicidal.
The idea that the United States needs to be deterred from anything is pretty fucking delusional or paranoid. All the US has done in Asia is open up trade markets and stand in the way of aggressive imperialist countries like China that actively try to militarily dominate the sea lanes as well as their neighbors.
We should not forget the differences between a state-run newspaper in a totalitarian country like China and the free American press. An op-ed like this is the same as a speech from their political leadership. It’s not just a voice in the wind. It’s policy.
Or it never would have made it into print and distribution.
Well, taking into consideration all the overreaction of sanctions, government resolutions, provocative military excursions, criticisms, setting up anti-Chinese alliances and domestic interference carried out by America, maybe China decided it needed to remind America that it had better not go too far or make an irreversible mistake in its "peaceful" attempts to harm China.
So the main point of posting this article was to say that America has the right to threaten other countries because it's so perfect and the others are not, but God forbid those other countries should have the chutzpah to reciprocate.