Public sentiment is deeply divided regarding Taiwan's military drills in response to Chinese threats. While there is substantial support for Taiwan's sovereignty and the need for military preparedness, there is also significant apprehension about potential escalation and the real threat of conflict involving superpowers like the U.S. and China. The overall mood is one of cautious optimism mixed with anxiety about the geopolitics of the region.

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I'm afraid if China start the invasion there is nothing we can do, just watched the war plan from Daily mail world and I don't see us stopping China.

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Meanwhile nobody gave a shit what Israel was doing. Threat my ass.

Glockisthebest

serendipity777321

The US doesn't even officially recognize Taiwan as an independent country

The3mbered0ne

That's like saying New Zealand launches the largest military exercises in its history...

Tzilbalba

In Ukraine, we have seen what a relatively small country can do against a large aggressor. They have subjugated Hong Kong largely without problems, Taiwan will hopefully make China bleed - the one-child policy will leave many, many parents without children and Winnie Poh knows this well.

myusrnmeisalrdytkn

oh yeah China is a threat to humanity. meanwhile Israel atacked 5 countries, invade lebanon and gaza and occupy syrian territories

popocacagato

dang_idiot

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SpotResident6135

Typical authoritarian rhetoric. Escalating aggression and then blaming it on their victims.

Persephoth

I doubt anyone will see this or it will get downvoted, but this is actually normal. I have been on 4 deployments in this exact region and we always watched China doing their drills, while we did ours farther south and then they would follow us.

The reason we’re seeing this article tells me that the Navy MCs are doing their job and getting the right propaganda to our media. China does it too, clearly.

I strongly dislike China’s foreign policy and aggressive stance in the region, but this is not the start of WWIII, it happens all the time. We just don’t typically hear about it.

Meanwhile their biggest "ally" is too busy performing the bathroom scene from "Liar Liar"

campelm

I believe Taiwan has measures in place to blow up all the semiconductor plants if PRC takes over.  It will be a pyrrhic victory if PRC wins.

TheGreatGamer1389

I swear to god if the orange motherfucker sets us back 10 years in semiconductor technology...

Cinnabar_Cinnamon

Everything indicates that the world is preparing for World War III....

I_voted-for_Kodos

It seems to be a universal trait of authoritarian governments and rulers that they have no sense of irony. We in the US should know.

edbash

That sounds exactly like what Trump would say.

wish1977

Can countries please chill 
I hate this goddamn timeline enough already

GogumaKimchiSammich

I'm surprised the boats stay afloat.  Appear strong on the front while you're entire country is collapsing, literally.

smegmathor

deviousmajik

This would provoke an entirely different kind of response than Russia invading Ukraine

Ted_Striker1

Reddit when China (who hasn't been in a war wince 1979) holds military drills:  OMG they are invading! This is so aggressive! World War III. totalitarian regime warmongers!

Reddit when US (who hasn't gone a decade without a war) holds military drills: ...

correctingStupid

I would like to point out that the possible war between China and Taiwan does not reflect the interests of the Chinese. This is Xi Jinping's war. The Chinese, as far as I can tell, have little interest in Taiwan. They certainly don't mind “reunification” which wouldn't even really be reunification because Taiwan was never part of Communist China. It's the same kind of inventing alternative realities that we see in America now. Xi Jinping and Trump are very similar. Neither of them cares about the people. They are only interested in power. With these two autocrats, the conflict is highly dangerous. I wish Hu Jintao was still president. He would never have started a war against Taiwan. Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are both of the same ilk, both incalculable, both don't care if millions of people die. One difference is perhaps that Xi Jinping usually still admits a certain reality, whereas Trump denies all scientific facts. 

Many Chinese fear that Xi Jinping will attack Taiwan. He needs to create something big to justify the fact that he has overridden the previous 10-year limit on the presidency and can practically rule for life. Unification could be what he has in mind.I don't know any Chinese who is not critical of this. He should have left after 10 years. That should have been a warning to the Americans. Trump has said that you only had to vote once more. Where is the advantage of democracy so often cited in the western world if Trump is the result? Then you might as well accept Xi Jinping as dictator. If the people vote for Trump you do not need democracy. And maybe the USA will no longer have it. 

If you believe in a  god you should pray to it that the war will not take place. Beside the possibility that it might be quickly over, it could also become a 3rd world war. It all depends on Jinping, if he starts the war and then on the USA, how they react. With Trump you never know. I personaly would not exclude atomic bombs in worst case just as I would not exclude no intervention at all from Trump.

HongKongNotKingKong

I swear the world powers cut a deal to divide up lots of land. Russia will get all of Ukraine, China is getting Taiwan as a start and USA will get Greenland or canada and of course Israel is taking Palestine. 

The longer they wait the more people will be against the idea of conquest. They all know the sooner they take the better. At any point an actual world government could form and protect these places. We are in the time of chaos independent countries but eventually a UN like entity will be formed and things will be very different. It’s all about getting what you can before that occurs. Imagine a un like entity that has a massive standing army and includes most of the world. South America, Africa, Europe can all make a formidable force and ofcourse the big guys will be highly pressured to join.

harveytent

As soon as trump tries to move on Greenland, china will follow

OMG_A_TREE

Roaddog113

Realistically I don’t see how we can militarily keep China from eventually taking Taiwan. The distance logistics would have to cover is just too great. Additionally the first time we lose a ship and all its crew the American public will blow a gasket.

notahouseflipper

sonofalando

DylanRahl

USA should hold military drills and encircle Taiwan and call chinas president a parasite

AnthonyGSXR

Wonder how long it'll be before they attempt a blockade.

jayfeather31

The US does this all the time. We have exercises near North Korean, Iran and do FONOP in the SCS and also talk poop about other countries leaders.

No difference than dogs sniffing each other's buttholes lol

us1549

The Chinese are known for their Fire Drills. Not sure what the big deal is.

MaudeThickett

The PRC did this 2 times already.

Thing the average non-Taiwanese don't know.

1.  It's the US that plans to blow up TSMC.  The paper was published by The US Army War College.


2. TSMC already has 2 chip fabs in China that have been operational since 2016.


3. Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese engineers work in China.  In fact, the Taiwan government recently asked SMIC to stop poaching TSMC engineers by offering better pay.


4.  These exercises are to stop Taiwan Independence supporters.  The majority of Taiwanese don't support Independence but support Status Quo.

random_agency

China could win a fight for Taiwan. Everyone is way too complacent. Even the Taiwanese. 

Meandering_Cabbage

I feel like the juice is not worth the squeeze for China to take Taiwan. The western world will condem it, and it will cost trillions.  Better just to infiltrate their government and bribe leaders, propaganda etc. Steal tech and do what China does...make lots of money.  

Do they really want to risk a naval invasion? It's all just a show to their own people that they are not going to be pushed around in their own waters.

Puzzleheaded-Bat4777

Like a toddler stomping its feet over the tarrifs

Netflixandmeal

With all the dysfunction in the pentagon and zero trade with the us right now, I don’t see why they don’t invade now.

The younger generation of Taiwanese will willingly rejoin China soon enough, or risk becoming like the young people in HK.

It's just a matter of time and the right type of pressure.

Ok_Adhesiveness7842

Imagine sending your son off to war to defend Taiwan. Good luck, Taiwan.

king_platypus

I read odds that say there is only a 5 to 10% chance of a  nuclear confrontation. So the Doomsday clock is at what 90 seconds before midnight -i guess the clock figures in other things

Many_Trifle7780

Wait until China shuts down it's Shanghai port again and causes global supply chain disruptions again that caused inflation.

This is the elephant in the room. Covid level inflation all over again. Trump is trying to speed it up before the inevitable invasion of Taiwan happens.

Thats a losing war for us as things currently stand. The optics will be fatal for Trump if he holds out, but things will get bad if China decides to Inflict damage to the American people.

Trump tried fixing this in 2018, then covid delayed it and Biden's win. Thats why he's so abrupt with tariffs now, because there's not much time left.

China has the ability now, without Trump doing it, to have countries side with them as things stand. Countries stood with the US during covid and it didn't end good, really. Other countries didn't recover as well as the US did.

420Migo

Remember, this is who "anti-imperialist" communists and tankies side with.

-Emilinko1985-

* China's military says drills are a warning against Taiwan independence
* China's military video calls Taiwan president a 'parasite'
* Taiwan sources says Chinese warships approach close to contiguous zone
* Lai depiction 'not conducive to peace', says Taiwan
* Taiwan dispatches military aircraft, ships in response

!ping China&amp;Taiwan

IHateTrains123

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Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le

This administration is the best chance they will ever get. Trump will not start WW3 over Taiwan.

caribbean_caramel

I don't understand? Trumps given in and signaled constant weakness to russian aggression, rape and conquest of its neighbors....


why isn't china intimidated, maybe if we repeat more russian lies and suck russian boot a litte harder china will fear and respect us .

I'm of the opinion that any who thinks the USA and China won't go to war within a decade is deluding themselves. Ukraine was but the first domino to fall, the long peace is over and the future of the 21st century will like the 19th and 20th centuries be shaped by blood and iron.

MyrinVonBryhana

Reminder, people on this exact sub believe that china is a better alternative to the United States under Trump.

Own-Rich4190

China getting twitchy and wanting to start invading Taiwan ASAP 

tarnok

I'm listening to a Tom Clancy genre book called Defense Protocol. It was published in 2018 but boy did it predict this.

LayneLowe

If China starts a war with Taiwan, the western world would happily confiscate all the dirty money and assets that the Chinese politicians have stashed overseas. And that’s a huge amount of wealth.

Potato2266

***The Telegraph reports:***

Taiwan dispatched its army, navy and air force to the sea off its south coast after the [Chinese military](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/22/five-signs-china-invasion-taiwan/) launched “live-fire” exercises, Taipei’s defence ministry has said.

[China](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/26/china-taiwan-invasion-2027-us-navy-air-force-trump-secdef/) deployed 32 aircraft around Taiwan as part of a joint combat drill and announced “live-fire” exercises in an area about 40 nautical miles (NM) off [the island](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/24/if-ukraine-goes-down-taiwan-will-be-next/), the ministry said in a statement.

Taiwan’s military responded by sending sea, air and land forces to “monitor, alert and respond appropriately”.

China’s People’s Liberation Army “has blatantly violated international norms by unilaterally designating a drill zone 40 NM off the coast of Kaohsiung and Pingtung, claiming to conduct live-fire exercises without prior warning,” the ministry said.

“This move not only caused a high degree of danger to the safety of international flights and vessels at sea, but is also a blatant provocation to regional security and stability.”

China has ramped up the deployment of fighter jets and warships around Taiwan in recent years to press its claim of sovereignty over the island – which [Taipei](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/08/taiwan-foreign-legion-fighters-pressure-china-soldiers/) rejects.

The ministry said that China’s move “is completely contrary to its repeated claims of ‘peaceful coexistence’ principles” and vowed to “continue our efforts in force buildup and readiness”.

Beijing’s foreign ministry declined to comment on Taiwan, saying that China has set up a drill zone for “shooting training”.

Chinese spokesman Lin Jian told reporters: “This is not a question on foreign affairs.”

China’s defence ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment from AFP.

**Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/26/taiwan-dispatches-military-to-counter-chinese/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/26/taiwan-dispatches-military-to-counter-chinese/)

TheTelegraph

So lets get this straight. Dictators are trying for land grabs

NK has always wanted to absorb SK so thats not new  
China took hong kong and now wants taiwan  
Russia has taken parts of Ukraine  
USA wants to take canada and greenland

What the actual fuck is going on in this stupid ass world

FiNNy--

China &amp; Russia need to leave Taiwan &amp; Ukraine alone.

Jamira360

More balls then the Australian government

Necessary-Ad-1353

benleen87

animalfath3r

johnbarnes351

Taiwan is way to important to the west for trump do dip them

herbieLmao

And yet they are causing troubles all over them neighbor countries.

AcguyDance

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