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Top U.S. general doubts China's Xi planning to take Taiwan by force (www.japantimes.co.jp)

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Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Chinese leader would 'try to use other ways to do this.”

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[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

China and Taiwan are already some of each others' largest trading partners. China is Taiwan's, and Taiwan-China trade is so significant it's almost half the US-China trade volume.

Don't talk about shit you don't understand.

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems there are not enough businesses to make peace more profitable than war.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Peace is more profitable than war for basics everyone except the US. Only the US' military industrial complex is so geared towards extracting maximum profit.