{"id":1532,"date":"2019-01-09T23:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T22:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/?page_id=1532"},"modified":"2019-01-10T00:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T23:25:17","slug":"us-drifting-into-military-confrontation-with-china","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/us-drifting-into-military-confrontation-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"US drifting into Military Confrontation with China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #c00000;\"><strong><em>En anglais parce que pas le temps : la webma\u00eetresse de ce blog n\u2019\u00e9tant pas une idole hindoue \u00e0 24 bras.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>U.S. drifting into military confrontation with China (Video)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><em>The Duran \u2013 News in Review \u2013 Episode 165<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theduran.com\/author\/alex\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Alex Christoforou<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theduran.com\/\"><strong><em>TheDuran<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong> \u2013<\/strong><\/span> 8.1.2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Talking with <strong>Alexander Mercouris<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p5I8jHq2jkI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>USA and China drifting towards conflict<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chinese state media\u00a0announced that President Xi Jinping has ordered the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) to \u201cenhance their combat readiness,\u201d as an increased US military presence in Taiwan and the South China Sea is ratcheting up tensions between the two trade partners to dangerous levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Xi Jinping further stated that the China would not reject the use of force if necessary to invade and capture Taiwan, which it considers a breakaway province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">China\u2019s rhetoric comes in response to remarks made by the U.S. Pentagon that its prime concern is China\u2019s military activities, coupled with a warning from the U.S. State Department for American citizens, to avoid traveling to China if possible because police may arbitrarily detain them at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Duran\u2019s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss China\u2019s economic slowdown and Chinese President\u00a0Xi Jinping\u2019s fiery speech, warning the United States and Taiwan that China\u2019s PLA is ready for conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1466\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0.-freccia-nera-piccola-xx.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"46\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-901836666\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Follow The Duran Audio Podcast on Soundcloud.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2019\/01\/04\/xi-jinping-orders-military-to-enhance-combat-readiness-after-u-s-travel-warning\/\">Breitbart<\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Xi reportedly addressed the nation\u2019s Central Military Commission (CMC) on Friday, demanding troops be ready for imminent combat at all times. According to a\u00a0press releasepublished by China\u2019s Defense Ministry, Xi ordered \u201cthe entire armed forces\u201d to \u201chave a correct understanding of China\u2019s security and development trends, enhance their awareness of danger, crisis and war, and make solid efforts on combat preparations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe world is facing a period of major changes never seen in a century, and China is still in an important period of strategic opportunity for development,\u201d Xi asserted. The president, who is also the nation\u2019s commander-in-chief, \u201cordered all work, forces and resources to focus on military preparedness and ensure a marked progress in this regard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">China\u2019s\u00a0People\u2019s Daily, the official publication of the Communist Party,\u00a0reported\u00a0Thursday that the PLA has begun an extensive \u201crealistic training exercise\u201d with live fire in Shandong, eastern China. The publication did not specify what the objective of this live-fire exercise was, nor did Chinese agencies report whether Xi mentioned any particular acts to improve combat readiness that the PLA either has already begun to take or will do so in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">That same day, the Chinese state-run\u00a0Global Times\u00a0highlighted\u00a0comments by acting Pentagon chief\u00a0Patrick Shanahan, who told reporters that his top priorities were \u201cChina, China, China.\u201d The publication warned American officials against anti-Chinese \u201cparanoia\u201d while also threatening to make America \u201cpay an unbearable price if the U.S. infringes on China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWhen Shanahan shouts \u2018China, China, China,\u2019 Beijing must respond by accelerating construction of a deterrent against the U.S. China must make good use of deterrence, learning to make others feel fearful without being furious,\u201d the column suggested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Xi has issued public remarks on several occasions this week \u2013 first to herald in the new year, then to issue threats to Taiwan to surrender to Chinese rule or expect military action. In that speech, Xi stated, \u201cwe make no promise to abandon the use of force, and retain the option of taking all necessary measures,\u201d he also\u00a0said, according\u00a0to the\u00a0Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cReunification is a historical trend and it is the right path. Taiwan independence is an adverse current of history and is a dead end,\u201d Xi said, adding a subtle note to the United States that \u201cforeign interference is intolerable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Xi may have also issued remarks to prepare for combat in response to the State Department\u00a0warning\u00a0on Thursday that Americans who travel to China are at risk of arbitrary and indefinite detention. The department urged Americans to avoid travel to China if at all possible because the Communist Party uses exit bans to keep U.S. citizens in their country. The risk is higher for dual American-Chinese citizens of Americans of Chinese (majority Han or otherwise) ethnic descent, as China often does not recognize their U.S. citizenship and will deny them the right to contact the U.S. embassy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cU.S. citizens may be detained without access to U.S. consular services or information about their alleged crime. U.S. citizens may be subjected to prolonged interrogations and extended detention for reasons related to \u2018state security,\u2019\u201d the travel warning read. \u201cSecurity personnel may detain and\/or deport U.S. citizens for sending private electronic messages critical of the Chinese government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The travel warning may have a significant impact on tourism to China, already hampered by the ongoing trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington. Conversely, however, Chinese tourism to the United States also fell last year, with a particularly steep\u00a0decline\u00a0in National Day vacations to the U.S. in September, partly due to tension between the two countries and partly due to the sluggish state of China\u2019s financial sector. A survey published this week found that China\u2019s manufacturing sector\u00a0contracted\u00a0in the December, a sign that trade negotiations have significantly damaged the state of the nation\u2019s economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Chinese President Xi has ordered the PLA to step up war-preparation efforts, via <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/1134637.shtml\"><strong>The Global Times<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday demands the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) to strengthen its crisis awareness and enhance battle-related activity as the country faces increasing challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe world is facing a period of major changes never seen in a century, and China is still in an important period of strategic opportunity for development,\u201d Xi said at a meeting of Central Military Commission (CMC) on Friday, warning that various risks and challenges were on the rise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the CMC, said the entire armed forces should have a correct understanding of China\u2019s security and development trends, enhance their awareness of danger, crisis and war, and make solid efforts on combat preparations in order to accomplish the tasks assigned by the Party and the people, the Xinhua News Agency reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Xi also signed a mobilization order for the training of the armed forces, the CMC\u2019s first order in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The order demands all PLA units to welcome the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People\u2019s Republic of China with \u201cexcellent performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The military parade to be held in the Tiananmen Square to honor the 70th anniversary will be the most important event in 2019, said Song Zhongping, a Beijing-based military expert and TV commentator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The parade will be a demonstration of PLA\u2019s real combat capability and its training results since 2018, added Song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A military that can fight and win a war will be presented then, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cExcellent performance means the capability to always effectively safeguard national security when the military is summoned at any time,\u201d Song noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A mobilization meeting was also held on Friday by the CMC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is the second time the CMC is holding a public activity among all PLA units.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The first such activity was held on January 3, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The practice of issuing a mobilizing order from chairman of the CMC will be routine, said Song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to a report by the China Central Television on Friday, the 2019 order demanding hard work and scientific training of PLA soldiers is aimed at enhancing the capability of killing enemies and accomplishing a new mission in a new era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In the new era, the training of PLA will focus on capabilities to fight and win a war, said Song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The PLA adopted new military training guidelines on January 1, 2018, which asked all units to strengthen real combat training and improve war-winning capability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The military training in 2018 emphasized live-fire exercises, training in real combat environment, improving joint combat capability and adjusting to complicated electromagnetic environment, said Song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The PLA received enhanced military training and a boost in troop\u2019s capability to successfully carry out missions, Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/db\/government\/2.shtml\">Ministry of National Defense<\/a>, said at a monthly news briefing in November 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAll those changes show that the PLA is positioning itself to be a military that can fight and win wars. This is the most crucial change and has achieved significant results,\u201d said Song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Source : <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/theduran.com\/u-s-drifting-into-military-confrontation-with-china-video\/?mc_cid=4f35022bb3&amp;mc_eid=a6bc8ffe32\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">http:\/\/theduran.com\/u-s-drifting-into-military-confrontation-with-china-video\/?mc_cid=4f35022bb3&amp;mc_eid=a6bc8ffe32<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1495\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/guerre-8.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;\">January, 9, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; En anglais parce que pas le temps : la webma\u00eetresse de ce blog n\u2019\u00e9tant pas une idole hindoue \u00e0 24 bras. &nbsp; \u00a0 U.S. drifting into military confrontation with China (Video) &nbsp; The Duran \u2013 News in Review \u2013 Episode 165. &nbsp; Alex Christoforou\u00a0 \u2013 TheDuran \u2013 8.1.2018 Talking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}