Note: Lots of doings to start the week. I have a review of the classic musical My Fair Lady up behind the green door. There is some new audio on G. Gordon Liddy and the Matt Gaetz case as well. The regular Taki post is up here. Today at 1:00 PM I will be on Guide to Kulchur to discuss The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
A popular topic among Sinophiles since the installation of Joe Biden as president is the possibility of war with China over the status of Taiwan. The Chinese have been obsessed with Taiwan since Mao. With the American empire in sharp decline and the Biden regime unpopular at home and abroad, now could be the perfect time for the Chinese to make their move. As John Derbyshire is fond of pointing out, “Taiwan is like two feet from China … We are eight thousand miles away.”
While there is little doubt that China could retake Taiwan whenever it likes, the cost would be extremely high. For starters, Taiwan and the US have been preparing for such a move for generations. Some of the most sophisticated early warning systems on earth are installed in Taiwan specifically keep an eye on China. There is the very strong possibility that Taiwan has underground missile systems capable of reaching targets on the mainland in the event of an attack by China.
Whether or not the US would actually go to war to defend Taiwan is debatable, but that is the official position. Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia are also technically committed to the defense of Taiwan. An all-out assault on Taiwan could very well result in attacks on Chinese infrastructure along the coast. It would most certainly result in massive economic retaliation. The Chinese regime would be forced to explain to her people why they are suddenly poor again.
Of course, the Chinese could counter with attacks on Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia. Her navy is the largest in the world now, even if it lacks the forward capability of the American empire. It could deliver attacks on her neighbors, including Hawaii. In an all-out war, she could attack the west coast of the United States with submarine based missiles. The point is, China is not Iraq, some pipsqueak the US military can kick around without consequences.
That reality, however, is why such a full-blown confrontation is unlikely. Despite what many believe, China is hooked on the dollar like the rest of the world. She cannot afford war with the US at this time. The reason the Chinese flooded the American election system with cash in 2020 is the Trump administration was causing real problems for the Chinese with their trade policies. No one can be sure if the Covid plague China unleashed was an accident, but you cannot rule it out.
The point being is that an economic war with the American empire would be catastrophic for the Chinese economy. The usual suspects love crowing about the Chinese economy, but her per capita GDP is $10,839. That is down there with Costa Rica and Bulgaria. China has a lot of poor people. The rich people she has are obligated to make sure those poor are provided with the basics. The iron rice bowl is a real thing, and the Chinese regime takes it very seriously.
There is also the fact that China is smart. She can take the long view with Taiwan as she knows in a generation the American empire will be gone. Given the physical condition of the ruling class and the mental condition of the probable successors, the American empire will be out of Asia in a decade. Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia all know this and have been planning accordingly. China can just bide her time and Taiwan will come to her, hat in hand.
There is also the possibility this happens much quicker. It is clear to the world that Joe Biden is non compos mentis. Whoever is calling the shots is not bothering to consult the White House. This is why there is a crisis in the Ukraine. Someone from the semi-permanent ruling class encouraged Kiev to declare her intention to retake the Crimea, which has resulted in a stand-off with the Russians, who have no intention of allowing Ukraine to make any moves on the Crimea.
Then there is the dispute over Nord Stream 2, the new natural gas pipeline being built to supply western Europe. Shadowy financial interests in the American empire have been trying to stop this project for a long time. Biden administration figures have been dispatched to Europe to deliver a message from those shadowy financial interests that the Washington regime will pull out all the stops to prevent this project. This is further undermining the credibility of the Biden regime.
From the Chinese perspective, she has no reason to make any moves on Taiwan, as the puppet government in Washington is unlikely to stagger on much longer. Despite the claims by regime media, the world fully grasps the reality of the situation. The American regime is in deep crisis. The American empire is the sick man of the world right now and everyone is just waiting for the inevitable. History shows that the end comes much sooner than the patient ever expects.
The point of all this is that China has no reason to force a confrontation with the American empire over Taiwan. Through bribery, maneuvering and the general incompetence of the American ruling elite, China can quietly dictate policy to the regime in Washington. If she is patient, this reality will become clear to her neighbors in the region, and they will peacefully detach from the American empire and align with the Chinese empire. There is no need to fight the inevitable.
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China poses a threat to Americans only in that it has so thoroughly bribed and compromised its corporate oligarchy and the political whores who serve them. Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell might as well have slots in their backs to insert yuan. And, yes, the Asia/Pacific region knows it is just a matter of years rather than decades before the United States ticks its tail and runs. There are domestic White supremacists to fight, you know.
That aside, America’s usually astute Ruling Class has hitched its star to a power only slightly less craptacular than the United States. The PRC also is awash in debt, offshore its jobs, and borrows and spends to pacify it’s people.
While the United States will collapse first, China isn’t all that far behind.
“History shows that the end comes much sooner than the patient ever expects.” Agreed – how about tomorrow or next week at the latest? Time to go to heaven or hell as the case may be.
I’m always cautious about china. I’m not a CCP apologist but I’m also waiting to see more before I say that they’re totally evil.
It really depends what their end goal is. Do they just want to rise enough to create a multipolar world, retake Taiwan and HK and dominate East asia? Couldn’t care less, it’s even probably a good idea. But on the other hand, if they want to enslave and humiliate whites as payback for the british colonization, and throw me in a camp for practicing my faith (and harvest my organs) – then I have a problem with them.
All asian people become greedy, parasitic, anti white, leftist shit bags in the west anyways, regardless of if they’re from china, taiwan, Hong Kong, korea, etc. Wasn’t the CCP who initially fucked up Vancouver. It was Hong Kong “refugees”.
But I don’t find fobs particularly anti white. Usually it’s the whitewashed ones raised in the west who hate white people. Fobs pretty much only talk to other fobs.
We’ll really have to see. I actually think there is a strong possibility we start to see more white men leave canada / usa and head to china or elsewhere in asia to work and live.
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It was only a year ago that many believed the Wuflu debacle would lead to a partial decoupling of the West from China. The thought was taht we couldn’t allow a hostile power to maintain a tight grip on the supplies of basic commodities, pharmaceuticals particularly, when that nation had played a large role in devastating the economies of the West.
That turned out to be a damp squib. Any fleeting thoughts of repatriating American industry died in the counting rooms on election night. You won’t hear it suggested again for at least the next 4 years. That alone has to have the CCP feeling rather sanguine about its chances when playing the long game with regards to Taiwan.
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Your takis column is great. It’s hard to understand what’s happening without believing that evil is real
A New Tomorrow (cont)
Stupid is and stupid does.
In the time before civilization, stupid most often got you dead before you reached maturity and thus purged the stupid gene from the reproduction pool and made our species smarter with each passing generation. But the modern extinction of hardship & existential threat in daily life has reversed that cleansing process and we now carry the ever-growing baggage of more & more stupid people, and this deadweight has become an anchor on our species’ survivability. In the past, barbaric warfare was sometimes useful as a purge of the stupid, as these dolts were occasionally sacrificed as fodder in some types of battle actions. This tactic may have to be resurrected in the coming war against tyranny.