Taiwan reported 45 Chinese warplanes in its airspace within 24 hours, according to its defense ministry on Wednesday.
The record number of Chinese daily sorties this year comes ahead of President-elect Lai Ching-te’s inauguration on May 20.
The ministry said that “26 of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait,” referring to a line bisecting the 180-kilometer (110-mile) waterway separating Taiwan and China. Beijing does not recognize this unofficial boundary.
Six Chinese Navy vessels were also detected, according to the statement.
Taipei emphasized it was monitoring the situation closely and urged Beijing to exercise self-restraint.
“Since late April they have become more and more provocative,” the senior Taiwanese security official said.
The global shock from a Chinese war on Taiwan would make Ukraine look like a sideshow.
The Ukraine is the sideshow.
China was waiting to see what the world did with Russia after the invasion.
China is now weighing whether the world will do the same with Taiwan as they did with Crimea and Ukraine.
The world will not stand by because of tmsc.
This is the problem with leaders that always need “more”
This is going to be a disaster.
Its just “Ukraine” not “The Ukraine”
than can actually be a transition Error.
tldr;
In my language (german) ukraine is feminine. Die ukraine. And as such, you always have to use the pronoun (die).
You can’t for example say “USA haben gewählt” since the US too is feminine. It’s always “Die USA haben gewählt” (The USA have voted)
So in german you say “Die ukraine ist nur eine Sideshow” which will then become “the Ukraine is just a sideshow”
Which is a very Cynical take btw but i fear that it could be somewhat true.
You can however say just the countries name if it is Neutral (das). “Deutschland hat gewählt” “germany has voted”. Here it would actually be weird to use “das Deutschland”. Only Exception is the United Kindom (Das vereinigte Königreich). It’s constituents (england, scottland, wales) however will then again be without the pronoun. “Schottland hat heute gewählt”
The Ukraine is the Russian way of referring to the country. That is why this has mostly disappeared in western media. In German many countries get an article so the translation is indeed tricky as it puts back something in English that refers to something the Ukranians requested to be removed.
But in German it is indeed the normal way of referring to countries. You also provided an eloquent response… keep being awesome!
Pretty funny come to think of this… I can imagine stuff like this can really blow out of proportion in official talks.
Fair enough, thanks for the information! I was just going based off what I’ve heard Ukrainians say about that subject is all.
The Ukraine “operation”
I just oopsied a word, but I do genuinely appreciate the heads up on grammar.
Depends on if Trump wins. If he does, the US will let it happen. If Biden is in office, we will at least send strongly worded letters of disapproval to China.
Oh pipe down. Biden has been tasked with trying to undo the continuous damage the GOP guided by Trump are doing to the international stability.
Under Trumps influence the world has dramatically destabilized and everyone is rearming. Old conflicts are brewing, the political right is on the rise.
And everyone is seeing on display that the so called greatest country on earth is inept in holding a former president accountable for an insurrection he manufactured.
During trump’s presidency the world has seen the blatant lies or alternative facts and how much they pay off… every accusation they make is an admission.
Narcissists and psychopaths are having a field day being out and open, since their emperor has shown that if you are brazen enough, noone can touch you.
But go ahead… spin your narrative.
Yes, because the USA reaction is the only thing that matters on a global scale
It does when we are supplying all the party favors.
Who cares
Unless you live a subsistence lifestyle and somehow also produce all of the complex goods you need, you care.
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would more or less kick off world war three. To say that’s bad for everyday life is an understatement, and that’s assuming nobody launches nukes.
Has tech really made anything better? You need an app to get a haircut ffs.
Well, that’s a braindead take if I’ve ever heard one.