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@Nikoladin Britain didn't just invade everyone because they were an evil mustache twirling villain. Britain ended up controlling the world because they went on an anti-slavery crusade, invading any country they could that refused to give up slavery and then simply adding it to their empire to police it and ensure slavery didn't return. All the financial gains involved were just seen as a self-reward and an aid to help fund the crusade. They were the good guys as far as they were concerned.
@@rogermars2465 If you think only the west is pissed off by China than clearly you have not been watching the news or using the internet. Ohh wait I forgot foreign media is blocked and the Websites are also blocked.
Heres the list of countries pissed of by china 2021 Taiwan USA Philipinese Indonesia Australia Unites States of America Japan Malaysia South Korea Hong Kong New Zealand United Kingdom Tibet Crazy how china reached until europe to piss country off Edit:India Also myanmar
That's a industrilized country invade feudal country , there is weapon generation gap between the two army . That's why Qing dynasty can't win a war against Britain. The equipment generation gap is not exists between China and Taiwan . Considering China is a much bigger country and have the ability to mass produce war machines on its own . Its naive to think Taiwan can defend China on its own. Replace Taiwan with Britain at its geolocation ,Britain also cant defend.
actually taiwan can be defended if the south koreans can cooperate with the japanese and if any south korean hears this and says f no ill just point out the war happened nearly 100 years ago like cmon japan has changed you might as well get mad at china for invading you multiple times
@@Cecilia-ky3uw Japan is a nation that love to invade others. Not only did they invaded China ,They invade Russia ,Korea ,Entire South-east Asia .even the US. Every time China was weak in history ,Japan tried to invade China . That's the national personality within them .
Johnson wang for your fact japan is currently a free democratic society with a safe majority pro peace basically against the militarisation even though i here disagree i believe they should be allowed to expand the military because by that logic mongolia china russia the whole of europe the middle east etc shouldnt have militaries
It's worth noting that Vietnam is about the only country that's ever fought with China in modern times. From the late 70's to the early 90's there were a series of border skirmishes between the two of them and Vietnam overthrew the Chinese backed regime in Cambodia. Overall, Vietnam gave China a bloody nose and they back down.
Fighter jets have been flying over our heads nonstop recently. As a surgeon myself, I was recruited back for one week training as an artillary soilder. Certainly not well-trained enough as a reserve, but the sense of war is really upon us.
Over your heads? That exaggeration is only about 100 miles off. China has been invading Taiwan's air defense ID zone which is not any country's air space. That's why one cannot shot down those planes. It's still international water and air space.
Thank you Tom. The second Biden entered the white house, the CCP immediately sent more bombers and fighter jets to harass us. They were watching the response from the new administration.
What you said is misleading. The more accurate version is like this: The government in Taipei: We represent whole China ( including Taiwan). The government in Beijing: No you can’t represent whole China(including Taiwan). We do. The government in Taipei: ok then we represent Taiwan only. The government in Beijing: Okay you are Taiwanese but also Chinese. We still represent the whole China including Taiwan.
@Cameron Thompson thing is factories are being dismantled in china and are being moved to India. China's relevance as an exporter diminishes every day. By 2049 noone will care if they lose trade with china as they are going to transition to a net importer. It's China who's dependent on the world to buy there garbage. But we can build that shit in any impoverished country.
No reason to. I only recognize Taiwan as the ruling body. West Taiwan needs to chill and they better not ever declare independence from Taiwan or we will take them back by force lol (FYI screw China)
@@racerx6384 moving all chinese factory to india are not easily like that lol. first is india infrastructure like road, electricity etc are still lack behind china. Also bureaucracy and worker productivity are not as efficient as chinese or vietnam
Micheal Wang 你这个例子举了没有用的，他们的这些地方本来也都是抢来的，殖民来的，他们眼里也没有觉得祖宗之地不可丢这种事情，反而觉得分裂独立是常态，美国不就是这么来的么。不用担心这些事情，我对北京的决心没有怀疑，对台湾人的抵抗意志很是担心啊。这些youtuber也就是在网上一喊，到时候隔岸观火摇旗呐喊而已了
@@rogermars2465 If the US has an agreement to defend Taiwan, it must live up to that agreement. The Taiwanese have the right to call themselves Taiwanese; that right is not predicated on what us 'CZcamsrs' think.
Not a question of could the US, but rather *would* the US. The answer under presidents before Trump has largely leaned toward "No". We'll see what Biden does when China actually invades.
@@user136002 True. But I’m really not sure that Beijing will invade for the moment. Why do it now? Taiwan isn’t going anywhere. It’s losing diplomatic recognition while China gains in economic and political strength. I suspect Beijing will just try to tighten the screws rather than go for a full invasion that would inevitably carry significant repercussions.
The easiest way for US to do this recognize Taiwan as a country and ally the say if attacked US would considered it a state of war which means Nukes get involved same thing Nixon said to USSR if it attack China....now will it?????
I hope and pray we don't abandon our Taiwanese allies. Would be nice if the threatened nations of the western Pacific formally banded together in a joint defense pact, bolstered by US aid. We can't afford to watch the Chicoms destroy another free society like they're doing with Hong Kong.
@@indiaandisrael662 Stop it. The last President always talked about making deals yet time and time again came up with nothing to show groveling to America's foes and insulting her friends. He legitimized the North Korean mass murderer and his regime and came home with nothing.The current President actually came up with a new military alliance for Pacific security with Australia and the UK,that should turn into billions in arms sales that would have gone to France.
@@TheLAGopher oh yeah let's take a look at Trump's plan 1 he ended tensions with north korea because he doesn't want to end the world 2 he ended Israel Arabs conflict 3 he ended cold war with Russia 4 he taught Iran and pakistan why they should not fund terriosts 5 he supported Taiwan by giving arm's and he taught PRC not to invade tiawan the list is long
I think the real question is: how long can Taiwan defend a Chinese invasion before the US Marine, the Japanese Maritime Self-defence Force and the Royal Australian Navy appeared to aid Taiwan.
Although Taiwan is small, the use of natural terrain still prevents the CCP from rashly invading. I think that my country, Taiwan, needs drones, unmanned diving machines and anti-satellite missiles.
@@leaccount5720 nukes aren't useful the reason there are so many Chinese people is because Mao wanted there to be enough Chinese people to survive a nuclear war
I think you need submarines. Lots of submarines. Invading across an ocean is no easy trick. Getting the troops there is hard enough. But the real trick is supplying them. You can't get enough material across on airplanes, you need ships. And submarines are good at killing them. Ask the British about that.
@@christianlibertarian5488 Lots of land based anti-ship missiles dug into the hills ought to help, too. It would be hard to find them and hard to destroy them if properly shielded in bunkers. Ships are slow, easy targets for a flood of missiles. Taiwan hopefully has thought of this.
Only 15 countries out of 195 UN members have recognized Taiwan as a country. Taiwan does not have a seat at UN. This is the resolution of the majority.
Taiwan needs to take a lesson from Switzerland and the Taliban and make their mountainous areas so difficult to take over that they could never be dislodged.
US as a superpower means warmongering all over the world except on America soil ! IN THE NEXT WAR..WE SHOULD BRING WAR RIGHT TO THEIR DOOR STEPS...SO THAT THEY LEARN THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR MILITARY ADVENTURES ! MILLIONS OF PEOPL'S LIFE..DESTROYED !
There is no democracy in Taiwan don't kidding yourself. the US is using Taiwan to contain China. Once the US finish using Taiwan, US will dump Taiwan just like the 20 years with Afghanistan running out with tails in between its legs in the night time hours. Remember that !!!
It is disgusting that American companies care so little about free expression and even basic human rights across the world. Seeing the behavior of these tech firms makes me scared for the future of my country and the western world and ashamed by the greed of this industry. Even our sports leagues have been infected. Some reporter should grow enough of a pair to ask Mark Cuban to condemn throwing Muslims in concentration camps. I bet that coward would refuse to do so.
A few vital things are missing from this video regarding Taiwans defence. There are only 2 times a year that the currents are suitable for an amphibious invasion and that is April and October. The Taiwanese would have large networks of sabotuers and agents on mainland China that would carry out targeted assassinations and damage key infrastructure. The staging areas in China would be targeted by Taiwanese cruise missiles while troops and equipment are being prepared causing considerable losses to condensed taget areas. China does not have an amphibious naval force large enough to carry an invasion force large enough so they will have to use civilian vessels. The approaches to landing beaches would be laced with many sea mines that will cause massive losses of shipping. These mines can be remote detonated, magnetic trigger, acoustic trigger. The beaches will be flooded with oil and lit in fire. The landing force will be targted with short range missile systems ansd artillery that would be hidden in Taiwans massive cave systems built over the decades to hide and store massive amounts of ammunition and equipment and food and all manner of other supplies waiting for an invasion. The beaches themselves will be laced woith anti tank and anti personnel mines. The Taiwanese airforce will be hidden in bunkers and cave systems and use the road networks as airfields. The invading force will need CAS and this brings the Chinese Air Force into the kill box of hidden anti air missile systems hidden over the island. Also Taiwan has many many decoys to deploy so the Chinese Airforce will expose themselves to destroy the decoys. All of this with out any intervention from the USA or Japan. It would be a blood bath with massive Chinese military losses and still no established beach head. Look at History with US invasions of Saipan, Tawara and Iwo Jima during WW2 and you will see even with complete domination of the sea and air and with a massively over whelming advantage in numbers and equipment it is still enormously difficult to acheive. The Taiwanese are infinitely better prepared and equiped.
In short,the Chinese have no way of gaining strategic surprise because they can only attack during two windows of opportunity each year, and they could not mask preparatory movements such as mobilizing civilian shipping and moving troops from across China to embarkation areas that area under constant monitoring by Taiwan.
I fucking hope you not trying to say the Taliban defeated the United states just because the untied states are not going to have forces provide security for the government they helped install forever.
@@Jackholiday1025 depends on how you define the term "defeat". As far as the Taliban are concerned, having the US withdraw is considered a victory because they can now carry out their operations with only the Afghan government to oppose them. The US was never defeated in the conventional sense, merely avoided for long enough to go away.
The other thing to consider is if the USA doesn't go to their defense, how can others like Australia be confident that they will come to our defense if needed. To not defend Taiwan would be more detrimental to America than defending her. I know that as an Aussie, we will be watching and supporting Taiwan being defended.
If America doesn’t intervene, there would be no hope for Taiwan. It would be unlikely countries like Australia would do anything and even if they intervened it wouldn’t be enough
If the USA doesn't defend Taiwan, we will see nuclear proliferation. South Korea and Japan already have the technology and nuclear fissionable materials to build a functioning nuclear warhead in 6 to 12 months. Australia and other pacific island nations will lag behind for a little while, but not for too long (i.e. within 5 years). It won't be just detrimental to the USA, it will make Cuban missile crisis looks like a child's play.
I would be a massive loss for the U.S. All the currently latest generation chips come from Taiwan plus many other things. I don't think they would let them take Taiwan.
@@opita many U.S. tech giants just moved their HQ to Taiwan, IIRC. I'm sure they know something we don't? 🤷♂️🤔😁. Lots of $$ to just dump into Taiwan's lap, if they are not 100% certain they're well-backed by the U.S. military might, or inside source tells them the CCP has no real plans to invade, just saber-rattling.. 🤷♂️😁
“Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.” ― Lao Tzu
I've heard that many Jews in 1930's Germany held that same opinion with regard to the Nazis. Be quiet, be accommodating. Hitler won't be there forever. Guess why the Israeli chant of "Never again!" started.
@@heranshen9791 They wouldn't take him ! Even though they are desperate to fill their front line units ! If Taiwanese cannot be persuade to join their army........is there going to be a war longer then 3 days ???
@Sam Featherstone What a heroic utterance after retreating from Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan etc etc Taiwan is now more free than when she was under the Japanese when they are NOT ALLOWED to study Chinese in their schools, and their girls were forced to be comfort woman to satisfy the sexual craving of the Japanese Soldiers etc etc etc
Taiwan should adopt the Israeli model: national military service that makes every citizen a soldier. This system has served Israel so well through repeated invasions through decades and in much more vulnerable geographical and political positions-moving large forces through the Golan Heights and Sinai is a picnic compared to amphibious operations across 100 miles of heavily contested ocean, and never mind the international community’s reaction to having that major trade artery turned into a battlefield because of Chinese Communist national pride. Moreover, Taiwanese do seem to share certain characteristics with Israelis: both are technologically advanced, tough, cohesive, not inclined to give up their freedom and independence easily, and very feisty about it. Taiwan should invite Israel out for a cup of coffee.
chill, we ve been doing it for decades. all the males once turned 18 has to serve in army. but people who born after 1995 only have to serve 4 months. It used to be 2 years like south korea done
No, waste of money. If that kind of thing is created, it'll just provoke CN. Most South East Asian nations has no capability to defend/deter an invasion. But once invaded, it'll be hard for any invaders to hold the invaded country. These countries has no money to spare. And look at nato now...
@@flimsyjimnz *Mythology and Hollywood has numerous David defeats Goliath stories History has far more stories that tell the opposite Edit: for the record, I hope I'm wrong, I hope the CCP crumbles into dust and maybe Taiwan can cross the water and rejoin with China to lead them into a better world, but I have my doubts
When my father was in The Army. We were stationed in Formosa. Late 50s. It is now called Taiwan. We lived on the outskirts of the capital/grass mountain.
There is a flaw in the host’s analysis. If China is allowed to take Taiwan, the US and its Asian allies including Japan will loss the freedom of passage in the South China Sea, which will be seen as a big defeat for the US. Therefore, the US is forced to defend Taiwan. No other option for the US.
If China invades Taiwan and the US either fails, or choose not to defend; Japan will have a nuclear weapon in 100 days, South Korea will have one within 6 months. Then Australia will ask for an "extended deterrent" from the US - which will be DCA and B-61s to Australia. You will also see a buildup of US conventional and theater nuclear capability. The world has watched China fail on it's agreements (ie Hong Kong) - Taiwan is the line in the sand.
Yet another flaw is that China would be willing to take the chance that the US/Japan would not respond with force and China would lose an opportunity to gain strategic surprise by a sneak attack on US/Japanese bases and ports with missiles to blunt their response. If China hits US/Japanese bases, the war is on and almost ceertainly draws in other allies such as Australia,France and the UK to assist. They would need rock solid intelligence that Washington and Tokyo would stand down, to risk not attacking them along with Taiwan, at the start of hostilities.
Lol good call. The tree can’t do anything. The ant over time could carry hundreds of thousands of sealed balls of glyphosate and drop them at the base of the tree. As the biodegradable outer shell from the balls disintegrates, glyphosate will escape and poison the tree lol
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@@AeneasGemini Should I ask the Chinese government to get my VPN fee back? Conspiracy theories are a great way to attack when other people have different opinions from you. You once again perfectly demonstrated what "freedom of speech in Western style" is. Boring and empty. You can never understand us seriously.
@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus No because he is not interesting to Chinese people. His stupid jokes are not funny, he is too childish and there's nothing to learn from him by watching his videos. Westerners can't expect to be popular in far east just because they are successfull in west, only fools think otherwise.
@@zhuqiusong6698 No, westerners who want to be popular in China have to sell their soul to the CCP and become a Wumao. A figure that roleplays a dumb foreigner who believes every word that comes out of Chinese state run media.
@@zhuqiusong6698 Chinese have such an awful sense of humor they needed to add voices to Tom and Jerry. That's pretty damn bad. Western humor needs to be subversive to be funny, which is a alien concept to the Chinese. Chinese humor is mostly puns, which is the lowest form of humor.
My only two complaints with this presentation is that it emphasized Taiwan's military inexperience and not that of the PLA. The second is the ONE sentence that it would require the largest amphibious invasion in history. Think D-Day plus! What experience does the PLA have with that operation?
I get you hahaha that's why none of those countries should make any decisions too rush, especially make some military support declare. That's exactly ww2 hahaha
Except nobody will step in to help this new 'Poland'. With the economies of countries so heavily interlinked, and the threat of nuclear weapons on the table (as well as certain businesses and politicians being in China's pocket) there's no way the Western Allies will take military action to protect little Taiwan
Poland was flat, open, and shared massive, unobstructed land borders with Germany and the USSR. Taiwan would be an amphibious attack, which would be far more difficult
This is a example why the west needs another major power block so that the US doesn’t need to keep taking on the burden of policing and protecting the world on its own. #CANZUK 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇬🇧
Not Submarines. Submarines are strategic weapons. What Taiwan needs are tactical weapons. I assume everyone knows the difference but for those who don’t: Strategic: Against enemys logistic and Production. Tactical: Directly against enemy’s armed forces.
@@chaospilot2142 Hmm , Taiwan's best play maybe denying the Straits for Logistical resupply during the first few days of invasion , this would insure a drawn out affair with the world anger building
HAHAHA your comment at the end made me rolling on the ground laughing... How many Chinese bots, leave comments along with the bots. You said it with such a smile. LMAO
As an Israeli, I know something about wars, a gap in numbers against the opponent is irrelevant, the quality of your army is much more important. Your thinking is fundamentally wrong
Unfortunately Taiwan lack in quality and quantity. But I agree with the asymmetric warfare. China can suffer huge loss with a 50/50 success on an invasion. With that kind of odds, they maybe hesitant to pull the trigger. They may turn Taiwan into a rubble without being able to set foot on Taiwan. Keep in mind, Taiwan has missiles that can reach Shanghai, Guangzou. 1 missiles into Shanghai could be thousands in casualty.
do you see whats happening to Iran? to North Korea? Cuba? they are enemies of USA so they are facing economic sanctions. Now imagine China does that plus all your neighbouring countries are gonna be friendlier with china than you because they are scared too.
China is an economic power giant. That is the reason why only 16 countries and mostly small are recognizing Taiwan as a country. If that was so easy then the USA, Japan, South Korea, India, and Southeast Asian countries, and all other countries that have a conflict with China could just easily recognize Taiwan as a country.
That was mentioned when he mentioned recent conflicts in the himalayas. He just didnt directly announce it. But notice that he directly announced more indirect and much smaller things like sea clashes.
the himalayan are very difficult terrain for a invasion due to mountainous terrain and lack of infrastructure. so i dont expect a major war between india and china
@@freedomfighter1027 The problem is the killing. People should not be killing people. The police should either retire and join the protest or just strait up take out the government. Right now. They are just thugs.
the CCP only remember the bits that suit their narrative. Once the current prosperity of the Chinese people is put in jeopardy of war then you will see the real China rise, ordinary people who just want to work hard and have nice things, not to see it all taken away by genocidal thugs.
Plot twist is that the ants is china The biggest mountain, filled with ants. Because it's china who does the eating the core thing using geopolitics and economics.
China has not got the capacity to take Taiwan over by military force without having to consider losses large enough to ruin the growth of the country. The military have no experience whatsoever in any form of conflict. The only real military adventure was the invasion of Vietnam in 1979 in the Sinovietnamese war. It did not fare well and although the military has many new and flashy weapons to play with, the real cost of such an operation could be prohibitive. Apart for a "legacy wish" there is no real reason for China to try to take Taiwan by force. It however remains a pressure leverage point when bullying countries from making business with Taiwan threatening any company active with such trade, this is apparently very satisfactory for the Chinese government.
If the US wants to remain relevant in Asia, this is the time make the commitment by formalizing the relationship with Taiwan. The rest of the world would do the same and that will help guarantee that China will not attack Taiwan.
You aren't understanding. The US simply does not expect Taiwan to be able to successfully defended. US has no capability to transport towards or directly support Taiwan during war with China before slowly cracking down Chinese Naval and Air powers
@@goddesssalem4842 historically we were not a part of China. Dutch and Spanish ruled before Ming and Qing, both of whom only controlled some bits of the island, not all of it. The first to really control most of the island was the Japanese. Before that much of the island was under Aboriginal tribal control only. You saying we are China does not make it true.
However, due to "Pan-Germanism," Austria "wanted it," for the most part, so, it's even worse than that. Why? 'Cause this time "appeasement" is far less excusable, being that the vast majority of Hongkongers were, and still are, vehemently opposed.
@@michaelginsberg9101 Austria did not want anything. They just capitulated when Germany started to become an aggressor. France did the exact same thing.
@@bighands69 Nop, our ancestors welcomed the Germans with open arms. We don't talk about it, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen... Unlike France which forcefully occupied many regions (Bretagne, the Elsas, French Basque country, French Catalonia, etc) These regions have always had a majority being opposed against French rule.
Austrians are just catholic germans, it is otto von bismark who excluded austria from a united germany, the austrians and south german states would have been a counter to prussian domination of germany. Its also ironic because it was prussia who were consequently rubbed from the map. Following ww2.
Wait, what did I miss? What did Germany do wrong in your opinion that other European countries did right? Are are you just using the "Germanistan"-scapegoat to fit your narrative as many 'Muricans seem to do? I mean, yeah Germany did not exactly oppose China, but neither did almost every other European state. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wong#Role_in_2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests : "On 9 September, Wong met with the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called this move "disrespectful of China's sovereignty and an interference in China’s internal affairs"." From the German pendant: "Im Rahmen der Proteste 2019/2020 forderte Wong, Deutschland solle „Einreisesperren verhängen und das Vermögen derjenigen einfrieren, die Menschen in Hongkong unterdrücken wollen“"; translation: "As part of the 2019/2020 protests, Wong demanded Germany shell “impose immigration bans and freeze the assets/riches of those who want to suppress people in Hong Kong“". Do you really think Germany would gain anything by taking a hard stance against Hong Kong encroachment by the CCP? If so, why doesn't the USA recognize Taiwan even when they are in a military pact when some almost lawless Central American states have done so for years? We cannot win against the CCP by expressing our disgust now. They are way to big for that. There is no easy solution. Shooting yourself in the foot just to keep a bit more face, isn't a logical step anyways. P.S.: Not saying you're uninformed or American persé.
I think you may be right. One thing China would be surprised by on landing on Taiwan's shores, and that's experiencing return live fire. It would be a completely new experience for them....
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As we’ve seen with Russia’s military, the militaries of authoritarian states never stack up to expectations. China’s military is built for domestic and regional defense and conflict, it has very little if any power projection ability beyond that though. Just as many once overestimated the capability of the Russian military, while people like me who were long skeptical of their actual power and capabilities were proven right, we’re also likely highly overestimating China’s capabilities as well. The West has got to aggressively keep them in check though, starting by re-establishing Hong Kong’s independent state.
If only our countries weren't faffing about with their own corrupt right-wing leaders, maybe then we could've had enough economic power to effectively defend this nation. the US is recovering from a Corrupt Republican regime. The UK is currently in deep with a corrupt Conservative government that is stealing taxes, destroying the free health service system, increasing xenophobia through propaganda, and causing major problems in Northern Ireland. The UK also made extra sure to cuck itself super hard with Brexit for good measure. The West is in a mess. We need to get our power and economic machine going again quickly.
But you have to admit, if you would be on battlefield before battle starts and from behind the hill bunch of Jagdpanthers rolled up, you would shit your pants. Old, but gold
I have thought this for ages, they dont need tanks, they need tank killers, people killers, ship killers. I see some of the system on British warships and I think, they would be great as land systems in Taiwan. set them up in the mountains/ Then train the army to operate even with no communications
Yes and no. While the naval battle is important, ships can't take land, boots and tracks on the ground do that. The key to defending Taiwan is to stop any ground forces that do land right on the beach, which is what the Taiwanese military is trained and equipped for. The PLAN doesn't have a huge sealift capacity, although they are building more over time, but for the moment it seems very unlikely that the PRC could put a successful invasion ashore. That might change eventually if China keeps building up it's forces at the current pace, but for the next few years at least, Taiwan is probably safe enough, whatever Winnie the Pooh says in public
China, South Korea and Japan are leading a trilateral trade agreement. At the same time, China and India are also exploring the chance of trading agreement, even though the border conflicts outbreaks recently. You see the Asia is trying to unite together, while Taiwan keeps trying to lick western countries' boots. We'll see what they can get from their western sugar daddy.
Yes, that would be helpful, there is currently a defence treaty between US and Taiwan but a formal alliance would firmly put China back in it's box for a couple of decades more than the current plan. India also needs to be brought into the mix, they are the worlds largest democracy, share a large border with China and have the manpower to make China think twice, they could turn the Himalayas into a meat grinder for Chinese troops if they made some simple changes to strategic spending/thinking.
Yes, that is the big fear of the CCP, that such a thing would be created in Asia. But it might not be necessary if the US plays it's bilateral alliances well.
F-16 fighters can be described as "legacy" rather than "state of the art". It first flew in 1974, was introduced in US inventory in 1978. It has been upgraded many times (avionics and engines) but it is the same basic design. Taiwan would need some F-35, but the US are worried that in case of a successful Chinese invasion, China will reverse engineer it as they do with all foreign technology.
Something to remember: The CCP NEVER exercised control over the island now called taiwan. Legally, in any international court, China has zero claim to the island. May sound trivial, but when it comes to international support for Taiwan, that's vital.
@@stevefarris9433 as I said, it matters from the standpoint of international support. China has already proven they don't give a damn about laws, rights, etc.
Taking your talking point, is it an invasion if one sends troops into one's territory? Or police action? Taiwan should not overly be dependent on "friendly" countries but instead try to negotiate a peaceful solution while the situation still favors them.
First of all, @2:25 Hong Kong is not a foreign country from the PRC, it’s an autonomous city-state of the PRC. & second of all, @3:01 the PLA is not the official army of China, it’s the official army of the Communist Party of China.
@@user-gc1hg9sp9k They dont have one, The PLA works for the CCP not the Chinese people. They owe allegiance to the CCP not country or people. Sad..... thats why the PLA is weak, well one reason.
And the PLA doesn't answer to the Chinese people or even the Chinese government. It answers ONLY to the Communist party. The official Chinese military is actually in Taiwan.
@@user-gc1hg9sp9k the official army is actually in Taiwan where it retreated to with the actual Chinese government. The PLA is a militia that answers only to the Communist party (occupiers of mainland China).
As a taiwanese, invasion scenario has always been my nightmare, we are a bunch of people who want to save our life style, democracy always and forever.
@@RogerTsai1991 LOL its Taiwan ppl's previledge to enjoy poison pork and meanwhile China can ezly get Pork also imported from US without poison, seems US don't take care of its most LoYaL TW dog too well
@@RogerTsai1991 LOL some ppl u mean TW ppl? stop BS and raise me an example. BTW I do know TW ppl good at making fake poison stuff to kill their own ppl. All GLORY to all mighty TW democracy
Ultimately numbers dies count but do not underestimate the value of a smaller corps of truly professional soldiers that is much easier to obtain with a smaller army than a large one.See this nucleus will be much better able to train new manpower.And yes I am a pro soldier having atmo almost 30 active years of service in a small army.
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If PLA can't beat the evil USA regime and get Taiwan back, Chinese people will lose confidence on CCP, and CCP will be a criminal in Chinese history！
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You need to learn how to pronounce Xi Jinping... She Jim Ping. Easy.
If you give up Taiwan, you might as well just give the keys to Asia to the CCP
Germany also just invaded one country and what happend next?
@@okoljskoinzinirstvo9353 Britain invaded every country. What next?
@@simonx760 😂😂
@Nikoladin Britain own 25% of the world and invaded every country.
@Nikoladin Britain didn't just invade everyone because they were an evil mustache twirling villain. Britain ended up controlling the world because they went on an anti-slavery crusade, invading any country they could that refused to give up slavery and then simply adding it to their empire to police it and ensure slavery didn't return. All the financial gains involved were just seen as a self-reward and an aid to help fund the crusade. They were the good guys as far as they were concerned.
"How many countries do you want to piss off?"
China: *Yes*
Only western countries are call as countries in your mind, right? Only White people should be treated as human, right?
Welp, it ticks that box for “next superpower” xd
@@rogermars2465 How much does the CCP pay you?
@@rogermars2465 If you think only the west is pissed off by China than clearly you have not been watching the news or using the internet. Ohh wait I forgot foreign media is blocked and the Websites are also blocked.
Heres the list of countries pissed of by china 2021
Taiwan
USA
Philipinese
Indonesia
Australia
Unites States of America
Japan
Malaysia
South Korea
Hong Kong
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Tibet
Crazy how china reached until europe to piss country off
Edit:India
Also myanmar
China: “You’re just a small island, you couldn’t invade mainland China”
Britain: ‘cough’
That's a industrilized country invade feudal country , there is weapon generation gap between the two army . That's why Qing dynasty can't win a war against Britain. The equipment generation gap is not exists between China and Taiwan . Considering China is a much bigger country and have the ability to mass produce war machines on its own . Its naive to think Taiwan can defend China on its own. Replace Taiwan with Britain at its geolocation ,Britain also cant defend.
actually taiwan can be defended if the south koreans can cooperate with the japanese and if any south korean hears this and says f no ill just point out the war happened nearly 100 years ago like cmon japan has changed you might as well get mad at china for invading you multiple times
@@Cecilia-ky3uw Japan is a nation that love to invade others. Not only did they invaded China ,They invade Russia ,Korea ,Entire South-east Asia .even the US. Every time China was weak in history ,Japan tried to invade China . That's the national personality within them .
Johnson wang for your fact japan is currently a free democratic society with a safe majority pro peace basically against the militarisation even though i here disagree i believe they should be allowed to expand the military because by that logic mongolia china russia the whole of europe the middle east etc shouldnt have militaries
Basically the whole world
Taiwan: "how can we, a small country, defender ourselves from a global superpower?"
Vietnam: *smears poo on punji stake*
Yeah, but Taiwan isn't Vietnam, and has no such, uh, expertise (or honestly the willpower among the population)
It's worth noting that Vietnam is about the only country that's ever fought with China in modern times. From the late 70's to the early 90's there were a series of border skirmishes between the two of them and Vietnam overthrew the Chinese backed regime in Cambodia. Overall, Vietnam gave China a bloody nose and they back down.
@@Monsuco Vietnam is bad ass.
@@Monsuco Not to mention when china actually invaded Vietnam, vietcong took out so many tanks.
@@dairebulson7122 they don’t have the will power smear poo on sharpened bamboo sticks?
Fighter jets have been flying over our heads nonstop recently. As a surgeon myself, I was recruited back for one week training as an artillary soilder. Certainly not well-trained enough as a reserve, but the sense of war is really upon us.
Over your heads? That exaggeration is only about 100 miles off. China has been invading Taiwan's air defense ID zone which is not any country's air space. That's why one cannot shot down those planes.
It's still international water and air space.
Well... actually I was saying our own airforce. I am not sure they were intercepting or something, but the frequency was way higher
Be ready for war and you will most likely not have one, let down your guard and it will come.
Peter, my thoughts and prayers are with you. As a us citizen i vocally support tiawan
Thank you Tom. The second Biden entered the white house, the CCP immediately sent more bombers and fighter jets to harass us. They were watching the response from the new administration.
"leave comment along with the bots"
Immediately goes searching for bots.
hahahahaha me to
Hahaha me too
All your human rights/organs are belong to us(since ancient times).
CCP...
@@stlkngyomom wow thats showing you age bro hahahahaha
@@nyax129 chill, he's just being sarcastic
Taiwan : We are CHINA
China : no you are NOT China
Taiwan : ok we are TAIWAN
China : No you are CHINA !!
Never gets old 😂
Lmao 😆 for realz 😆
This guy have a good brain...This is true .This how they are debating against each other
What you said is misleading. The more accurate version is like this:
The government in Taipei: We represent whole China ( including Taiwan).
The government in Beijing: No you can’t represent whole China(including Taiwan). We do.
The government in Taipei: ok then we represent Taiwan only.
The government in Beijing: Okay you are Taiwanese but also Chinese. We still represent the whole China including Taiwan.
Checkmate commies
the west needs to recognise Taiwan's independence and back their independence and draw the line in the sand for the CCP.
@Cameron Thompson thing is factories are being dismantled in china and are being moved to India. China's relevance as an exporter diminishes every day. By 2049 noone will care if they lose trade with china as they are going to transition to a net importer. It's China who's dependent on the world to buy there garbage. But we can build that shit in any impoverished country.
Taiwan never declared independence.
No reason to. I only recognize Taiwan as the ruling body. West Taiwan needs to chill and they better not ever declare independence from Taiwan or we will take them back by force lol (FYI screw China)
@@racerx6384 moving all chinese factory to india are not easily like that lol. first is india infrastructure like road, electricity etc are still lack behind china. Also bureaucracy
and worker productivity are not as efficient as chinese or vietnam
@@user-gc1hg9sp9k He thinks factories can just move anywhere easily. There's reason the west can't declare Taiwan independent
Recognize Taiwan as an independent nation and a member of the UN.
So does Hawaii, Texas, North Ireland, Scotland，Catalonia，Quebec and Corsica.
@@vincentwang8517 false equivalence tankie, false equivalence
@@vincentwang8517 Why not, at least people of those places can have referendums
Micheal Wang 你这个例子举了没有用的，他们的这些地方本来也都是抢来的，殖民来的，他们眼里也没有觉得祖宗之地不可丢这种事情，反而觉得分裂独立是常态，美国不就是这么来的么。不用担心这些事情，我对北京的决心没有怀疑，对台湾人的抵抗意志很是担心啊。这些youtuber也就是在网上一喊，到时候隔岸观火摇旗呐喊而已了
@@rogermars2465 If the US has an agreement to defend Taiwan, it must live up to that agreement. The Taiwanese have the right to call themselves Taiwanese; that right is not predicated on what us 'CZcamsrs' think.
It’s never been a question of whether Taiwan could repel an invasion by China. It’s always been whether the United States could - or would!
Not a question of could the US, but rather *would* the US. The answer under presidents before Trump has largely leaned toward "No". We'll see what Biden does when China actually invades.
@@user136002 Biden is going to get down on his knees and lick every single crease between Xi JinPoohs toes.
@@user136002 True. But I’m really not sure that Beijing will invade for the moment. Why do it now? Taiwan isn’t going anywhere. It’s losing diplomatic recognition while China gains in economic and political strength. I suspect Beijing will just try to tighten the screws rather than go for a full invasion that would inevitably carry significant repercussions.
I hope we don’t....
The easiest way for US to do this recognize Taiwan as a country and ally the say if attacked US would considered it a state of war which means Nukes get involved same thing Nixon said to USSR if it attack China....now will it?????
I hope and pray we don't abandon our Taiwanese allies. Would be nice if the threatened nations of the western Pacific formally banded together in a joint defense pact, bolstered by US aid. We can't afford to watch the Chicoms destroy another free society like they're doing with Hong Kong.
If you are a country and given a choice between China and Taiwan, which one will you choose?
As long as sleepy joi is in power all us friends are in danger
@@indiaandisrael662
Stop it. The last President always talked about making deals yet time and time again came up with nothing to show groveling to America's foes and insulting her friends. He legitimized the North Korean mass murderer and his regime and came home with nothing.The current President actually came up with a new military alliance for Pacific security with Australia and the UK,that should turn into billions in arms sales that would have gone to France.
@@TheLAGopher oh yeah let's take a look at Trump's plan 1 he ended tensions with north korea because he doesn't want to end the world 2 he ended Israel Arabs conflict 3 he ended cold war with Russia 4 he taught Iran and pakistan why they should not fund terriosts 5 he supported Taiwan by giving arm's and he taught PRC not to invade tiawan the list is long
I think the real question is: how long can Taiwan defend a Chinese invasion before the US Marine, the Japanese Maritime Self-defence Force and the Royal Australian Navy appeared to aid Taiwan.
Australia? You are joking. Right?
Don't underestimate the aussie.
@@clonecommanderrex8542 afghan civilians can tell you
@@glennnile7918, nope. Australia has received a military glow up from the US. Many submarines are under construction.
How sure are you Japan will defend Taiwan. Fact is the US and Japanese navy have never been tested in modern war.
Although Taiwan is small, the use of natural terrain still prevents the CCP from rashly invading. I think that my country, Taiwan, needs drones, unmanned diving machines and anti-satellite missiles.
You need nukes
@@leaccount5720 nukes aren't useful the reason there are so many Chinese people is because Mao wanted there to be enough Chinese people to survive a nuclear war
I think you need submarines. Lots of submarines. Invading across an ocean is no easy trick. Getting the troops there is hard enough. But the real trick is supplying them. You can't get enough material across on airplanes, you need ships. And submarines are good at killing them. Ask the British about that.
@@christianlibertarian5488 Lots of land based anti-ship missiles dug into the hills ought to help, too. It would be hard to find them and hard to destroy them if properly shielded in bunkers. Ships are slow, easy targets for a flood of missiles. Taiwan hopefully has thought of this.
Only 15 countries out of 195 UN members have recognized Taiwan as a country. Taiwan does not have a seat at UN. This is the resolution of the majority.
Taiwan needs to take a lesson from Switzerland and the Taliban and make their mountainous areas so difficult to take over that they could never be dislodged.
Most of the population lives on flat land
Yeah everyone should take a lesson from Buffet or Bezos and manage their billions of dollar wisely
@Maximiliano Aguilar taiwan is an island and does not have mountains surrounding it, just like we don't have a billion dollar
You know Vietnam? Be like Vietnam!
The Cinese tried to invade Vietnam in '79 and caught as bloody a nose as the Americans did.
their focus is to stop them from making it onto land in the first place
The U.S as superpower: YES
China as superpower: NO
And You are?
Don't forget great Britain sent the carrier Queen Elizabeth to the south China sea. Vietnam will also have a say in what happens.
US as a superpower means warmongering all over the world except on America soil !
IN THE NEXT WAR..WE SHOULD BRING WAR RIGHT TO THEIR DOOR STEPS...SO THAT THEY LEARN THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR MILITARY ADVENTURES ! MILLIONS OF PEOPL'S LIFE..DESTROYED !
How about no superpowers?
Bosnia as superpower: YES
Long live the independent nation of Taiwan! All democracies must unite against China! Greetings from Brazil!
Hear! Hear! Support from philippines!
You my friend are a smart man!
There is no democracy in Taiwan don't kidding yourself. the US is using Taiwan to contain China. Once the US finish using Taiwan, US will dump Taiwan just like the 20 years with Afghanistan running out with tails in between its legs in the night time hours. Remember that !!!
@@g.l.9517 according to you ther must be true Democracy in china, right? Go lie somewhere else!
@@g.l.9517 how’s it feel to be paid
0.50 cents for this post? Must be a sad life.
China is a dwarf STILL and always will be to the US
That Chinese bot joke had me 😂😂😂😂😂
Indian net army are even more humongous
Hilarious
@Hasan Rajput nailed it 😋
I
@@jack99889988 Stop Reading Global Times To Know Better Of INDIA.
It wasn't even really a joke lol
And it took CZcams about ten seconds to demonitize this video.
@Jumpcut Jimmy wait, Chinese ppl. are humans?? 😱 ok ok I jest! 😁
It is disgusting that American companies care so little about free expression and even basic human rights across the world. Seeing the behavior of these tech firms makes me scared for the future of my country and the western world and ashamed by the greed of this industry. Even our sports leagues have been infected. Some reporter should grow enough of a pair to ask Mark Cuban to condemn throwing Muslims in concentration camps. I bet that coward would refuse to do so.
@@VisibilityFoggy : Indeed. Alphabet wants to stay on the good side of the CCP, so they can make profits on the Chinese market.
Google CZcams garbage leftist silicon valley company
That's generous; I'd say less than one.
A few vital things are missing from this video regarding Taiwans defence. There are only 2 times a year that the currents are suitable for an amphibious invasion and that is April and October. The Taiwanese would have large networks of sabotuers and agents on mainland China that would carry out targeted assassinations and damage key infrastructure. The staging areas in China would be targeted by Taiwanese cruise missiles while troops and equipment are being prepared causing considerable losses to condensed taget areas. China does not have an amphibious naval force large enough to carry an invasion force large enough so they will have to use civilian vessels. The approaches to landing beaches would be laced with many sea mines that will cause massive losses of shipping. These mines can be remote detonated, magnetic trigger, acoustic trigger. The beaches will be flooded with oil and lit in fire. The landing force will be targted with short range missile systems ansd artillery that would be hidden in Taiwans massive cave systems built over the decades to hide and store massive amounts of ammunition and equipment and food and all manner of other supplies waiting for an invasion. The beaches themselves will be laced woith anti tank and anti personnel mines. The Taiwanese airforce will be hidden in bunkers and cave systems and use the road networks as airfields. The invading force will need CAS and this brings the Chinese Air Force into the kill box of hidden anti air missile systems hidden over the island. Also Taiwan has many many decoys to deploy so the Chinese Airforce will expose themselves to destroy the decoys. All of this with out any intervention from the USA or Japan. It would be a blood bath with massive Chinese military losses and still no established beach head. Look at History with US invasions of Saipan, Tawara and Iwo Jima during WW2 and you will see even with complete domination of the sea and air and with a massively over whelming advantage in numbers and equipment it is still enormously difficult to acheive. The Taiwanese are infinitely better prepared and equiped.
You got all that from the same video I just watched ;)
Thanks for that, Spinnaker.
@@andthereisntone3454 I was about to say that exact same thing! I suppose great minds do think alike! LOL
The Viet Cong also used tunnels.
In short,the Chinese have no way of gaining strategic surprise because they can only attack during two windows of opportunity each year, and
they could not mask preparatory movements such as mobilizing civilian shipping and moving troops from across China to embarkation areas
that area under constant monitoring by Taiwan.
hire an army of mercenary from afghanistan. they defeated 3 superpowers
Pakistan already did that, and they're allied with China.
I fucking hope you not trying to say the Taliban defeated the United states just because the untied states are not going to have forces provide security for the government they helped install forever.
@@Jackholiday1025 depends on how you define the term "defeat". As far as the Taliban are concerned, having the US withdraw is considered a victory because they can now carry out their operations with only the Afghan government to oppose them. The US was never defeated in the conventional sense, merely avoided for long enough to go away.
Who need afgan when we have VietNam ?
😂😂😂
The other thing to consider is if the USA doesn't go to their defense, how can others like Australia be confident that they will come to our defense if needed. To not defend Taiwan would be more detrimental to America than defending her. I know that as an Aussie, we will be watching and supporting Taiwan being defended.
If America doesn’t intervene, there would be no hope for Taiwan. It would be unlikely countries like Australia would do anything and even if they intervened it wouldn’t be enough
If the USA doesn't defend Taiwan, we will see nuclear proliferation. South Korea and Japan already have the technology and nuclear fissionable materials to build a functioning nuclear warhead in 6 to 12 months. Australia and other pacific island nations will lag behind for a little while, but not for too long (i.e. within 5 years).
It won't be just detrimental to the USA, it will make Cuban missile crisis looks like a child's play.
I would be a massive loss for the U.S. All the currently latest generation chips come from Taiwan plus many other things. I don't think they would let them take Taiwan.
@Golden Eagle hmm... how so? proof? Do elaborate , I'm all ears..🤔😁
@@opita many U.S. tech giants just moved their HQ to Taiwan, IIRC. I'm sure they know something we don't? 🤷♂️🤔😁.
Lots of $$ to just dump into Taiwan's lap, if they are not 100% certain they're well-backed by the U.S. military might, or inside source tells them the CCP has no real plans to invade, just saber-rattling.. 🤷♂️😁
“Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.” ― Lao Tzu
TL;DR "Conform to the party or we shall break you"
very nice way of saying "submit or die"
" be like water.
Be water, my friend .... "
-Bruce Lee
🤷♂️😛😁
I guess he never saw a rotten fruit or a corpse a week after death. Men aren't rice.
I've heard that many Jews in 1930's Germany held that same opinion with regard to the Nazis. Be quiet, be accommodating. Hitler won't be there forever. Guess why the Israeli chant of "Never again!" started.
I am American and like many, especially from those who have served, I would have no problem dying to defend Taiwan. Stay free Taiwan!
then why dont u just sell your house and car and fly to taiwan?
@@heranshen9791 How do you know he hasn't already done that?
@@heranshen9791 They wouldn't take him ! Even though they are desperate to fill their front line units ! If Taiwanese cannot be persuade to join their army........is there going to be a war longer then 3 days ???
@Sam Featherstone
What a heroic utterance after retreating from Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan etc etc
Taiwan is now more free than when she was under the Japanese when they are NOT ALLOWED to study Chinese in their schools, and their girls were forced to be comfort woman to satisfy the sexual craving of the Japanese Soldiers etc etc etc
So much respect for you Sam, dying to defend freedom and what we believe in is a noble act
Taiwan should adopt the Israeli model: national military service that makes every citizen a soldier. This system has served Israel so well through repeated invasions through decades and in much more vulnerable geographical and political positions-moving large forces through the Golan Heights and Sinai is a picnic compared to amphibious operations across 100 miles of heavily contested ocean, and never mind the international community’s reaction to having that major trade artery turned into a battlefield because of Chinese Communist national pride. Moreover, Taiwanese do seem to share certain characteristics with Israelis: both are technologically advanced, tough, cohesive, not inclined to give up their freedom and independence easily, and very feisty about it. Taiwan should invite Israel out for a cup of coffee.
THIS!
best wishs to you，Taiwannese
chill, we ve been doing it for decades. all the males once turned 18 has to serve in army. but people who born after 1995 only have to serve 4 months. It used to be 2 years like south korea done
The problem is Half of Taiwan population support KMT unification.
A NATO-like pact would really help Taiwan as well as other US allies like Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines if China wants to invade Taiwan.
Was thinking the same thing. Seems obvious why is this not mainstream ?
No, waste of money. If that kind of thing is created, it'll just provoke CN. Most South East Asian nations has no capability to defend/deter an invasion. But once invaded, it'll be hard for any invaders to hold the invaded country.
These countries has no money to spare.
And look at nato now...
The Philippines while have "issues" with the PRC are starting to get very cozy with the PRC and its military.
A Nuclear coverage should also be included. Have US Nuclear ICBM's installed on the Island, though manned by US personnel.
@@jascrandom9855 PH was offered Nuke in 2010, It was denied by the president (sheer stupidity).
You have no idea how every plot twist made me shiver nervously when I'm currently watching this from Taiwan.
Take heart:
History has numerous *David Defeats Goliath* stories
@@flimsyjimnz that is super warm-hearted for you to say that.
Only a few tho......
@@bifrostbeberast3246 good man
@@flimsyjimnz *Mythology and Hollywood has numerous David defeats Goliath stories
History has far more stories that tell the opposite
Edit: for the record, I hope I'm wrong, I hope the CCP crumbles into dust and maybe Taiwan can cross the water and rejoin with China to lead them into a better world, but I have my doubts
When my father was in The Army. We were stationed in Formosa. Late 50s. It is now called Taiwan. We lived on the outskirts of the capital/grass mountain.
There is a flaw in the host’s analysis. If China is allowed to take Taiwan, the US and its Asian allies including Japan will loss the freedom of passage in the South China Sea, which will be seen as a big defeat for the US. Therefore, the US is forced to defend Taiwan. No other option for the US.
If China invades Taiwan and the US either fails, or choose not to defend; Japan will have a nuclear weapon in 100 days, South Korea will have one within 6 months. Then Australia will ask for an "extended deterrent" from the US - which will be DCA and B-61s to Australia. You will also see a buildup of US conventional and theater nuclear capability. The world has watched China fail on it's agreements (ie Hong Kong) - Taiwan is the line in the sand.
China is not Nazi Germany. They are traders and war is no good for trade.
Yet another flaw is that China would be willing to take the chance that the US/Japan would not respond with force and China would lose an opportunity to gain strategic surprise by a sneak attack on US/Japanese bases and ports with missiles to blunt their response. If China hits
US/Japanese bases, the war is on and almost ceertainly draws in other allies such as Australia,France and the UK to assist.
They would need rock solid intelligence that Washington and Tokyo would stand down, to risk not attacking them along with Taiwan, at the start
of hostilities.
I think you really underestimate Taiwainese force to defend itself
The other thing to consider is that if president Xi invaded and didn't win easily, or it is some sort of stalemate, then he is finished.
Chineese foreign Ministry:-Ant moving a tree.
Maybe true...But how the hell is the tree going to kill the ant??
big brain
Nailed it lol :D
Big brain time
also the ant doesnt need to move the tree it can chip at the tree
Lol good call. The tree can’t do anything. The ant over time could carry hundreds of thousands of sealed balls of glyphosate and drop them at the base of the tree. As the biodegradable outer shell from the balls disintegrates, glyphosate will escape and poison the tree lol
i would happily fight with the Taiwanese against china
Free Hong Kong
Free it yourself
Chinese bot are real... everyone knows now😂
Super and ccps are very insecure too!!! Shame!!!
yesyes，I AM CHINESE,I DISAGREE WITH YOU ,SO I AM BOT
because i am not a humanbeing，i have no freedom of speech，even outside the network-firewall
what a funny “FREEDOMWORLD” bro，XD
@@Hzhh91 Nobody's saying you're definitely a bot, you could always be a real person that's just paid by the government!
@@AeneasGemini
Should I ask the Chinese government to get my VPN fee back?
Conspiracy theories are a great way to attack when other people have different opinions from you.
You once again perfectly demonstrated what "freedom of speech in Western style" is.
Boring and empty. You can never understand us seriously.
@@Hzhh91 don't talk to stupid bro I heard it's contagious.
Even pewdipie got demonitized after he roasted the president of CCP
The fact is he is a nobody in China
@@urjoker1576 Well yea, because youtube is blocked in China.
@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus No because he is not interesting to Chinese people. His stupid jokes are not funny, he is too childish and there's nothing to learn from him by watching his videos. Westerners can't expect to be popular in far east just because they are successfull in west, only fools think otherwise.
@@zhuqiusong6698 No, westerners who want to be popular in China have to sell their soul to the CCP and become a Wumao. A figure that roleplays a dumb foreigner who believes every word that comes out of Chinese state run media.
@@zhuqiusong6698 Chinese have such an awful sense of humor they needed to add voices to Tom and Jerry. That's pretty damn bad. Western humor needs to be subversive to be funny, which is a alien concept to the Chinese. Chinese humor is mostly puns, which is the lowest form of humor.
Good analysis. I’ve always wondered what the actual defense would look like. Seems like area denial at the coastline is feasible, if set up properly
My only two complaints with this presentation is that it emphasized Taiwan's military inexperience and not that of the PLA. The second is the ONE sentence that it would require the largest amphibious invasion in history. Think D-Day plus! What experience does the PLA have with that operation?
I’m getting WW2 Poland flashbacks.
I get you hahaha that's why none of those countries should make any decisions too rush, especially make some military support declare. That's exactly ww2 hahaha
Except nobody will step in to help this new 'Poland'. With the economies of countries so heavily interlinked, and the threat of nuclear weapons on the table (as well as certain businesses and politicians being in China's pocket) there's no way the Western Allies will take military action to protect little Taiwan
@Eventerminator Were you there? :/
Poland was flat, open, and shared massive, unobstructed land borders with Germany and the USSR. Taiwan would be an amphibious attack, which would be far more difficult
poland defended for longer than france and could've ended the war if their allies attacked immediately.
💪🏻🤝Quad 🇮🇳🇺🇲🇦🇺🇯🇵🤝💪🏻
That would be a really good force against China if a war breaks out I really hope this alliance happens +🇻🇳🇰🇷 and 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇸🇦 if they are needed
Avengers! Unite the clans!!!!
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@Nage Please oof
Japan alone can take on china.
Their air force and navy are crazy good. Made in japan
"It's like an ant trying to move a tree." Or like car-sized metal object being dropped on an entire city (Nagasaki).
As soon as he said "Largest landing in history" I just knew China would never attempt it.........it's too risky for the Chinese economy.
@@spafon7799 won't that make his defeat even much easier?
This is a example why the west needs another major power block so that the US doesn’t need to keep taking on the burden of policing and protecting the world on its own. #CANZUK 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇬🇧
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
CANZUK is a pipe dream. No one in Australia has even heard of it, the main partner here is the US.
China Bot Says: "All your base are belong to us".
America and their allies say "Come and take it!"
And American Bot says "Come and take it"
wow great bot ccp!
I stand with Taiwan Freedom lovers Love Freedom lovers defend your home at all cost
I think Taiwan should introduce something like the French Foreign Legion... Essentially an army of foreign mercenaries on call. They have the money.
The french foreign union was lucky to get a lot of battle proven SS members after the war
The answer is: spent everything on submarine and bunkers and most important: Drones
Not Submarines. Submarines are strategic weapons. What Taiwan needs are tactical weapons. I assume everyone knows the difference but for those who don’t: Strategic: Against enemys logistic and Production. Tactical: Directly against enemy’s armed forces.
@@chaospilot2142 Hmm , Taiwan's best play maybe denying the Straits for Logistical resupply during the first few days of invasion , this would insure a drawn out affair with the world anger building
Irradiate the beaches and let those bastards cook on the sand.
Nah, you have to think out-of-the-box. Like, imagine infiltrating adversary's presidential office with an agent of yours.
Small stealthy subs could reek havoc on a chinese amphibious flotilla.
Hello from Taiwan! Thanks for the video!
What’s happening in Taiwan?
莱猪会上网了？
I’m a quarter Taiwanese. I really hope someone comes to your aid. The Chinese couldn’t hold to fight you, the US, India, and Japan
Love you Taiwan. From Somaliland
Myself and most Americans do stand with you Taiwan 🇹🇼!
Why did you use the WW2 German E-10 blueprint tank in the thumbnail? Lol
HAHAHA your comment at the end made me rolling on the ground laughing... How many Chinese bots, leave comments along with the bots. You said it with such a smile. LMAO
As an Israeli, I know something about wars, a gap in numbers against the opponent is irrelevant, the quality of your army is much more important. Your thinking is fundamentally wrong
Dude , You Israeli's are BADASS!!!!😎💥💥
Put the Arabs in their Place in 6 days
👊 bump from INDIA🇮🇳
@@anishaarav3354 many Israeli army are former Soviet army
From experience..
At some point numerical superiority will overcome quality, if the disparity is large enough. See Russia V. Germany in World War 2z
Unfortunately Taiwan lack in quality and quantity. But I agree with the asymmetric warfare. China can suffer huge loss with a 50/50 success on an invasion. With that kind of odds, they maybe hesitant to pull the trigger. They may turn Taiwan into a rubble without being able to set foot on Taiwan. Keep in mind, Taiwan has missiles that can reach Shanghai, Guangzou. 1 missiles into Shanghai could be thousands in casualty.
If I was the president of my country I would just recognize Taiwan as a country regardless of what the international law says
That's why you're not president of a country: you would anger the second largest economy in the world, while gaining absolutly nothing for Taiwan
do you see whats happening to Iran? to North Korea? Cuba? they are enemies of USA so they are facing economic sanctions. Now imagine China does that plus all your neighbouring countries are gonna be friendlier with china than you because they are scared too.
international laws is at the convinence of the countries with great power
@@myrddinbuyens5532 who cares the same thing happened to the us during the American revolution and look at us know
China is an economic power giant. That is the reason why only 16 countries and mostly small are recognizing Taiwan as a country. If that was so easy then the USA, Japan, South Korea, India, and Southeast Asian countries, and all other countries that have a conflict with China could just easily recognize Taiwan as a country.
What boot camp teaches is really at the nostalgia level of WWII reenactment. If I do that in the infantry combat, I'm gonna die in a minute.
the CCP all gangsta till eren jaeger uses the rumbling
The PLA isn't the Armed forces for PRC, its actually the Armed forces for the CCP
If PLA can't beat the evil USA regime and get Taiwan back, Chinese people will lose confidence on CCP, and CCP will be a criminal in Chinese history
@@nangergong Evil USA regime. Quite the projection there.
@@mr.normalguy69 Possible bot?
Guess what, the PLA has lots of PRC members 😛
@@mr.normalguy69 USA is the most evil regime in human history
You forgot about clashes with India, the biggest military neighbour.
This is actually a bigger one. An on going.
That was mentioned when he mentioned recent conflicts in the himalayas. He just didnt directly announce it. But notice that he directly announced more indirect and much smaller things like sea clashes.
the himalayan are very difficult terrain for a invasion due to mountainous terrain and lack of infrastructure. so i dont expect a major war between india and china
And the CCP cry babies were killed like 100 of them!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 shame!!!!!
@@freedomfighter1027 The problem is the killing. People should not be killing people. The police should either retire and join the protest or just strait up take out the government. Right now. They are just thugs.
He did told about the 20 Indian casualties on Indian side but didn't said anything about 45 Chinese casualties verified by the American satellites.
*clicks on video*
*sees it’s the golden teeth guy*
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As Sun_Tzu said in the Art of War he who wishes to fight must first count the cost.
the CCP only remember the bits that suit their narrative. Once the current prosperity of the Chinese people is put in jeopardy of war then you will see the real China rise, ordinary people who just want to work hard and have nice things, not to see it all taken away by genocidal thugs.
There is a much greater cost to not fighting
Never seen the power of the ants hey... Eat the core till it falls by itself
You are confusing ants and termites mate :D
Plot twist is that the ants is china The biggest mountain, filled with ants.
Because it's china who does the eating the core thing using geopolitics and economics.
@@ak_blu Ever heard of Wood Carpenter Ants? Sure they don´t eat the wood, but they still hollow it out.
Poison the ants, those that survive will go elsewhere for a meal.
@@mictheold4123 only to rebuild and to return to finish the job
China has not got the capacity to take Taiwan over by military force without having to consider losses large enough to ruin the growth of the country.
The military have no experience whatsoever in any form of conflict.
The only real military adventure was the invasion of Vietnam in 1979 in the Sinovietnamese war.
It did not fare well and although the military has many new and flashy weapons to play with, the real cost of such an operation could be prohibitive.
Apart for a "legacy wish" there is no real reason for China to try to take Taiwan by force.
It however remains a pressure leverage point when bullying countries from making business with Taiwan threatening any company active with such trade, this is apparently very satisfactory for the Chinese government.
I challenge anyone to find fingerprints on a torpedo.
Grant getting put on a list from the Thai gov, now his social credit score going down in China 🤣
who cares about those 2 idiot countries anyway
@@charlesn787 I Sure as hell don't (If we are counting)
If the US wants to remain relevant in Asia, this is the time make the commitment by formalizing the relationship with Taiwan. The rest of the world would do the same and that will help guarantee that China will not attack Taiwan.
But many countries are indebted to China or strong trade ties..you can't bite the feeding hand.
Thats the part where the US fked up in the 80s, they can't, the democrats sold RoC to PRC
@Takashi Murah taiwan won't accept it lmao
You aren't understanding. The US simply does not expect Taiwan to be able to successfully defended. US has no capability to transport towards or directly support Taiwan during war with China before slowly cracking down Chinese Naval and Air powers
Lol China has controlled the South China Sea and the mighty US didn't even do anything. All they do is protesting.
The free world vs CCP, you are not alone Taiwan!
I'm from China I don't think it's in our best interest to invade Taiwan... so hope we don't do it. Love Taiwan from China
Taiwan is a part of China
-50 000 credit score. You are being deported to a re educaton camp. No more western propaganda long live china and winnie the pooh!
@@goddesssalem4842 China is part of Taiwan.
这叫invade?这叫收复，兄弟
@@goddesssalem4842 historically we were not a part of China. Dutch and Spanish ruled before Ming and Qing, both of whom only controlled some bits of the island, not all of it. The first to really control most of the island was the Japanese. Before that much of the island was under Aboriginal tribal control only. You saying we are China does not make it true.
"stand idly by as it has done with Hong Kong (cough cough German Appeasement cough Austria) or..."
However, due to "Pan-Germanism," Austria "wanted it," for the most part, so, it's even worse than that. Why? 'Cause this time "appeasement" is far less excusable, being that the vast majority of Hongkongers were, and still are, vehemently opposed.
@@michaelginsberg9101
Austria did not want anything. They just capitulated when Germany started to become an aggressor.
France did the exact same thing.
@@bighands69 Nop, our ancestors welcomed the Germans with open arms. We don't talk about it, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen... Unlike France which forcefully occupied many regions (Bretagne, the Elsas, French Basque country, French Catalonia, etc) These regions have always had a majority being opposed against French rule.
Austrians are just catholic germans, it is otto von bismark who excluded austria from a united germany, the austrians and south german states would have been a counter to prussian domination of germany. Its also ironic because it was prussia who were consequently rubbed from the map. Following ww2.
Wait, what did I miss? What did Germany do wrong in your opinion that other European countries did right? Are are you just using the "Germanistan"-scapegoat to fit your narrative as many 'Muricans seem to do?
I mean, yeah Germany did not exactly oppose China, but neither did almost every other European state.
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wong#Role_in_2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests : "On 9 September, Wong met with the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called this move "disrespectful of China's sovereignty and an interference in China’s internal affairs"."
From the German pendant: "Im Rahmen der Proteste 2019/2020 forderte Wong, Deutschland solle „Einreisesperren verhängen und das Vermögen derjenigen einfrieren, die Menschen in Hongkong unterdrücken wollen“"; translation: "As part of the 2019/2020 protests, Wong demanded Germany shell “impose immigration bans and freeze the assets/riches of those who want to suppress people in Hong Kong“".
Do you really think Germany would gain anything by taking a hard stance against Hong Kong encroachment by the CCP? If so, why doesn't the USA recognize Taiwan even when they are in a military pact when some almost lawless Central American states have done so for years? We cannot win against the CCP by expressing our disgust now. They are way to big for that. There is no easy solution. Shooting yourself in the foot just to keep a bit more face, isn't a logical step anyways.
P.S.: Not saying you're uninformed or American persé.
4:37 why does the car look like it’s from Minecraft
"How can you invade something that doesn't exist?"
-Zhong Xina
There's no way in hell can Chicom invade Taiwan. Forget about it. Taiwan will be a separate country forever.
@John Grigg or a leader who brought an end to CCP party.
Taiwan is the original China.
But to answer the question, the world should make China (mainland) not even think of invading Taiwan.
I think it's distinctly possible that Taiwan can repel an invasion on its own.
I think you may be right. One thing China would be surprised by on landing on Taiwan's shores, and that's experiencing return live fire. It would be a completely new experience for them....
Yeah, David can kill any Goliath. Do not underestimate Taiwan.
We have a new record! 1:48 of advertising before the video starts!
Right? I want my free content to be advertising free as well. In fact, I think I should get a few dollars from the channel.
It is sad it is a necessity, and yes a small annoyance that I pay for CZcams premium then get baked in ads because youtube cannot provide a propper system.
@@jjlortez you can use a browser extension called SponsorBlock or if you use Android there is an app called CZcamsVanced, it blocks ads and includes SponsorBlock. Can't help you for iPhone though.
@@mnkybndit You can. But please remember that a lot of creators spend time and effort to make videos. We make a little bit back from ads that often helps with some of the costs of making them (cameras, lights, microphones, etc). As a creator, I will often watch add precisely to help those making them in some small way.
@@JamesKerLindsay agreed, they are often irritating but are also essential for the variety of content to flourish.
Taiwan stay independent and strong against China
love from Vietnam
As we’ve seen with Russia’s military, the militaries of authoritarian states never stack up to expectations. China’s military is built for domestic and regional defense and conflict, it has very little if any power projection ability beyond that though. Just as many once overestimated the capability of the Russian military, while people like me who were long skeptical of their actual power and capabilities were proven right, we’re also likely highly overestimating China’s capabilities as well. The West has got to aggressively keep them in check though, starting by re-establishing Hong Kong’s independent state.
Once troops land on Taiwan they have to be supplied and that supply chain, across 180km of the Taiwan strait is vulnerable.
Taiwan need backup from oder democartic contrys that stand for fredom and justice.
If only our countries weren't faffing about with their own corrupt right-wing leaders, maybe then we could've had enough economic power to effectively defend this nation. the US is recovering from a Corrupt Republican regime. The UK is currently in deep with a corrupt Conservative government that is stealing taxes, destroying the free health service system, increasing xenophobia through propaganda, and causing major problems in Northern Ireland. The UK also made extra sure to cuck itself super hard with Brexit for good measure. The West is in a mess. We need to get our power and economic machine going again quickly.
Probably not with jagpanzers like in the thumbnail
I came to this video because I could not believe they would use such antiquated technology in the battlefield.
Jagpanther
But you have to admit, if you would be on battlefield before battle starts and from behind the hill bunch of Jagdpanthers rolled up, you would shit your pants. Old, but gold
@@g4mel_ Actually its neither - its an E-25 from WOT. Guess they took the 3rd result from google.
@@dlifedt it's not even e25...I'm looking what it is
I have thought this for ages, they dont need tanks, they need tank killers, people killers, ship killers. I see some of the system on British warships and I think, they would be great as land systems in Taiwan. set them up in the mountains/ Then train the army to operate even with no communications
Yes and no. While the naval battle is important, ships can't take land, boots and tracks on the ground do that. The key to defending Taiwan is to stop any ground forces that do land right on the beach, which is what the Taiwanese military is trained and equipped for. The PLAN doesn't have a huge sealift capacity, although they are building more over time, but for the moment it seems very unlikely that the PRC could put a successful invasion ashore. That might change eventually if China keeps building up it's forces at the current pace, but for the next few years at least, Taiwan is probably safe enough, whatever Winnie the Pooh says in public
Bro you pissed off all the tankies haha
Maybe Taiwan and the other countries need a NATO like treaty.
China, South Korea and Japan are leading a trilateral trade agreement. At the same time, China and India are also exploring the chance of trading agreement, even though the border conflicts outbreaks recently. You see the Asia is trying to unite together, while Taiwan keeps trying to lick western countries' boots. We'll see what they can get from their western sugar daddy.
Yes, that would be helpful, there is currently a defence treaty between US and Taiwan but a formal alliance would firmly put China back in it's box for a couple of decades more than the current plan. India also needs to be brought into the mix, they are the worlds largest democracy, share a large border with China and have the manpower to make China think twice, they could turn the Himalayas into a meat grinder for Chinese troops if they made some simple changes to strategic spending/thinking.
@@kevinyao6672 ah nice, another bot i found out :)
(Even if ur not a bot ur still a red chinese
@@isaacwong1465 Green frog detected. What’s up.
Yes, that is the big fear of the CCP, that such a thing would be created in Asia. But it might not be necessary if the US plays it's bilateral alliances well.
If it comes to it I’ll thrown down to help Taiwan 🇹🇼 love you guys form Canada 🇨🇦
@Chad Brody lmao when u fight in a war it isn’t a `bring ur own gun’ situation
@@alexw8867 If it was we'd have the best weapons!
aw, cute :3
Grass growing best on the hill is to bow to the wind.. when trees that resists the cyclone get uprooted..🦉
@@klytouch5285 calm down ccp
F-16 fighters can be described as "legacy" rather than "state of the art". It first flew in 1974, was introduced in US inventory in 1978. It has been upgraded many times (avionics and engines) but it is the same basic design. Taiwan would need some F-35, but the US are worried that in case of a successful Chinese invasion, China will reverse engineer it as they do with all foreign technology.
Something to remember:
The CCP NEVER exercised control over the island now called taiwan. Legally, in any international court, China has zero claim to the island. May sound trivial, but when it comes to international support for Taiwan, that's vital.
Do you think the CCP cares about that? They are running concentration and involuntary organ transplant camps.
@@stevefarris9433 as I said, it matters from the standpoint of international support. China has already proven they don't give a damn about laws, rights, etc.
@@bensigl3766 Other than UN bitching among delegates, nobody will start a war with China anyway. Its gonna be too costly.
Protect Taiwan ❤️
Hi Gordon.
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I'm willing to trade Los Angeles for almost anything!
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wait, let me gather my stuffs and move to AZ first, so I'll enjoy the mushroom cloud when I look westward toward the horizon.. 😝
I'm willing to trade the entire California for anything.
@@willywonka4340 Stop pretending as if you live in California with your "stuffs"
5 dollars and a twinkie for LA. Final offer.
This is essentially a David vs Goliath situation and Taiwan is David while China is Goliath so I believe Taiwan has a chance
You're too naive son, taiwan military now is like an egg and china military is like a stone now
Taking your talking point, is it an invasion if one sends troops into one's territory? Or police action? Taiwan should not overly be dependent on "friendly" countries but instead try to negotiate a peaceful solution while the situation still favors them.
Taiwan is very opposed to China and with the current president anti-china.
First of all, @2:25 Hong Kong is not a foreign country from the PRC, it’s an autonomous city-state of the PRC. & second of all, @3:01 the PLA is not the official army of China, it’s the official army of the Communist Party of China.
Damn
so what is the official army of china?
@@user-gc1hg9sp9k They dont have one, The PLA works for the CCP not the Chinese people. They owe allegiance to the CCP not country or people. Sad..... thats why the PLA is weak, well one reason.
And the PLA doesn't answer to the Chinese people or even the Chinese government. It answers ONLY to the Communist party. The official Chinese military is actually in Taiwan.
@@user-gc1hg9sp9k the official army is actually in Taiwan where it retreated to with the actual Chinese government. The PLA is a militia that answers only to the Communist party (occupiers of mainland China).
Everyone knows an ant cant move a rubber tree plant. Oops there goes another one.
Infographics show: ARE YOU CHALLENGING ME?!?!?!?
Taiwan has more missiles than the Chinese Navy has ships. Let that sink in.
Hah sink i see what you did there
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Taiwan #1 it is not a part of CCP
But a part of China LOL, who care, even now it's under Confucious govern its still part of China
@@hzc8942 It was part of the ROC, not the PRC. Here's your 50 cents though, for the effort.
@@Ex.zed. LOL if no money u die? BTW ROC also China and the C stands for what? for Columbia?
@@Ex.zed. CIA bot with the 50 cents comment ResidentSleeper
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As a taiwanese, invasion scenario has always been my nightmare, we are a bunch of people who want to save our life style, democracy always and forever.
I hope you have protested to avoid poison pork intestine to enter Taiwan, make sure you take full advantage of your "democracy".
@@bingo7179 At least they know it's poison unlike some people
@@RogerTsai1991 LOL its Taiwan ppl's previledge to enjoy poison pork and meanwhile China can ezly get Pork also imported from US without poison, seems US don't take care of its most LoYaL TW dog too well
@@hzc8942 At least they aren't forced to buy it unlike some people
@@RogerTsai1991 LOL some ppl u mean TW ppl? stop BS and raise me an example. BTW I do know TW ppl good at making fake poison stuff to kill their own ppl. All GLORY to all mighty TW democracy
Sol : N deterrent, give few NBs to Tiwan.
Ooof, this is escalating faster than expected.
*WE SUPPORT TAIWAN* 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼
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Muito obrigado!! da Formosa(Taiwan)
Lmao
🤣🤣🤣what a joke
I love Sepultura
Obrigado!
You should probably include the recent clashes with Russia
Source?
RT America had a small piece on this.
Source? Really, a quotable source, not just a bunch of gas lighters talking about a supposed source.
@@redisgreatYT that was literally some people on social media claiming it, imagine its an official clash between the countries
damn bruh I thought mans had gold teeth
Ultimately numbers dies count but do not underestimate the value of a smaller corps of truly professional soldiers that is much easier to obtain with a smaller army than a large one.See this nucleus will be much better able to train new manpower.And yes I am a pro soldier having atmo almost 30 active years of service in a small army.