As US-China Tensions Rise, Japan Remilitarizes

Stavroula Pabst Responding to deepening US-China tensions over Taiwan and worsening geopolitical conditions internationally, Japan is remilitarizing, announcing in late 2022 that it would double its military budget by 2028. Namely, Japan illustrated plans to build military capacity in three key December 2022 documents: the National Security Strategy, the National Defense Strategy, and the Defense Buildup Plan. While outlining new…

US Claims Chinese “Incursion” Near Taiwan, US Sells Taiwan Millions in Arms as Next Proxy War Brews

The New Atlas Update on US-Chinese tensions and specifically developments regarding the island province of Taiwan: – Western media claims China is making “incursions” into Taiwan air defense zones, however the UN decades ago declared Taiwan as a province of China and only through unwarranted US influence has a contrary narrative sustained itself to today;…

In a US-China Confrontation, West Asia Will Bow Out

F.M. Shakil A significant increase in geopolitical and economic ties with China has offered West Asian states an alternative to the US, which has traditionally been the region’s security guarantor. The prospect of a US-China war has entered the realm of reality. Increased provocations from US military and political officials regarding the status of Taiwan –…

Why the US Seeks War with China by 2025

Brian Berletic In recent weeks there has been a build-up of talk regarding a US war with China. Not because of any actual provocation from Beijing, but instead because of a collective resignation to its supposed inevitability. This is best illustrated by comments made by US Air Force General Michael Minihan. In TIME Magazine’s article, “U.S….

Pentagon’s Prediction of ‘Inevitable’ Conflict with China in 2025 Shows War is America’s Primary ‘Export Commodity’

Drago Bosnic Air Force Gen. Michael A. Minihan, the head of Air Mobility Command, warned troops in a memo that a war with China is possible in 2025. For a country constantly chest-thumping about the size of its economy, the United States is remarkably over-reliant on one form of “export” – war. For decades, the American-led…

US Escalates Military Tension with China

Valery Kulikov Tensions between the US and China, which have reached an intense level in recent decades, especially under Donald Trump, have continued to escalate with the arrival of the Joe Biden administration in the White House. At the same time, despite deep contradictions between Republicans and Democrats on most political and international issues (in…

Taiwan’s ‘Unofficial Foreign Ministry’: A US-Based Group Pushing Hard for its Independence

Bradley Blankenship The  Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) has made deep inroads in the Congress, seeking to push its agenda and upend Washington-Beijing relations US lawmakers’ support for Taiwan’s bid to become independent from mainland China would be non-existent without powerful lobbying and influence groups. One such group is the Global Taiwan Institute in Washington,…

“Stop US Interference”: Interview with the Labour Party of Taiwan

No Cold War No Cold War is pleased to publish the following interview of Wu Rong-yuan, Chairperson of the Labour Party of Taiwan, conducted by Wim De Ceukelaire. The interview has been edited for clarity. In 1949, when the Communist Party of China established the People’s Republic on the mainland of the country, Chiang Kai-shek,…

Taiwan Local Election Shocks U.S. Imperialism

Chris Fry Taiwan’s President Tsai and ruling DPP rebuffed by voters in local elections. | Photo: taiwannews.com.tw On November 26, local elections were held throughout Taiwan, an island that has always been part of China, but since 1949 has been ruled by a fascist leadership driven out of the mainland by the victorious Chinese People’s…

CIA Front Holds Secessionist Summit in Taiwan

Finian Cunningham President Tsai Ing-wen (left) greets visiting National Endowment for Democracy Chairman Kenneth Wollack at the Presidential Office in Taipei Monday. CNA photo Oct. 24, 2022 Beijing might be better taking Taiwan now – once and for all – before it festers anymore under American influence. President Xi Jinping’s re-election for a record-breaking third…

What is Behind the Growing US-China Crisis Over Taiwan?

As the US wages proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, it is attempting the same process through Taiwan against China.  However, there are some major differences that make America’s hostility and encroachment on China even more dangerous including the fact that even Washington, officially, recognizes Taiwan as part of China while openly arming Taipei’s administration,…

Manufacturing Consent for the Containment and Encirclement of China

Carlos Martinez The following detailed article by Carlos Martinez explores the escalating propaganda war being waged by the imperialist powers against China. Carlos notes that “propaganda wars can also be war propaganda”, and that the torrent of anti-China slander has a clear purpose of manufacturing broad public consent for the US-led New Cold War. Carlos…

China’s Hardening Stance on Taiwan

Scott Ritter Actions by the US and Taiwan have pushed China to the edge of its self-declared “red line” regarding the use of military force to achieve the reunification of China with Taiwan. Recent high-level political visits by US officials, combined with an increase in the quantity and quality of weapons provided by the US…

China Encirclement and the Imperialist Build-up in the Pacific

On Saturday 24 September 2022, we hosted a webinar on the rising aggression of the US and its allies in the Pacific region. There were a number of excellent contributions dealing with issues including the Biden administration’s increased support for Taiwanese separatism; Western power projection in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Straits; the…

The US Gets Ready for War in Taiwan

In the following article, first carried in the Morning Star, Kenny Coyle details the “major reversal in US-China relations”, most recently highlighted by Biden’s unequivocal declaration that the US would commit its forces in the event of a military conflict between China and its renegade island province of Taiwan. This, Kenny explains, is “viewed with alarm…

TPA and It’s Consequences

Victor Zhikai Gao While the Taiwan Policy Act is making its way through the labyrinth in the congressional process in Washington, D.C., it is high time to ponder the consequences of this Act, if adopted and enacted, for China and the United States. The TPA, in essence, will treat China’s Taiwan Province as a sovereign,…

US Provocations Over Taiwan and Beijing’s Steady Remedy

Brian Berletic The early August visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took place amid heavy protests from Beijing. The visit was a blatant violation of Washington’s bilateral agreement with Beijing regarding the “One China” policy as well as a violation of international law regarding political independence and territorial integrity. As was pointed out by…

US-China Tensions Over Taiwan Update (Aug 29, 2022) – US Warships in Taiwan Strait

Update on US-China Tensions Over Taiwan for August 29, 2022 After a series of provocative meetings between US officials and Taiwan’s administration in violation of US bilateral agreements with Beijing over the One China policy, the US has now transited warships through the Taiwan Strait. Throughout this series of provocations China has steadily expanded military…