Chinese Military,Political and Social Superthread

[Colin Parkinson]

The US puts a penalty on Chinese built ships. There is a interesting bit that China requires all ships built for Chinese firms to be convertible for military use in a short period of time and has a office to work on civilian to military conversions. That bit starts at 10:45 in the video.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

China is getting serious about preparing for invasion.

 

[GR66]

The author of this article claims that intelligence sources are saying that China may invade Taiwan within the next six months.

China Will Launch an Invasion of Taiwan In Next Few Months: Intel Sources

Intelligence sources who have spoken to 19FortyFive now state that they believe an attempt by China to invade Taiwan is no less than six months away.

www.19fortyfive.com

Website seems fairly legit (listed as "Mostly Factual" with "Right-Centre Bias" on mediabiasfactcheck.com.

A few months ago I would have been unconvinced, but the way 2025 is unfolding who really knows?

 

[JLB50]

The author of this article claims that intelligence sources are saying that China may invade Taiwan within the next six months.

China Will Launch an Invasion of Taiwan In Next Few Months: Intel Sources

Intelligence sources who have spoken to 19FortyFive now state that they believe an attempt by China to invade Taiwan is no less than six months away.

www.19fortyfive.com

Website seems fairly legit (listed as "Mostly Factual" with "Right-Centre Bias" on mediabiasfactcheck.com.

A few months ago I would have been unconvinced, but the way 2025 is unfolding who really knows?

I won’t say that such an action is unprecedented. Trump has already paved the way by threatening to invade Panama and Greenland.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The lady is hard to follow, as I think English is her second language. The gist is that precovid, China's population was estimated at 750 million.

 

[YZT580]

The lady is hard to follow, as I think English is her second language. The gist is that precovid, China's population was estimated at 750 million.

didn't they use to claim a population of over 1 billion? Heck 750 isn't that many more than the U.S.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

didn't they use to claim a population of over 1 billion? Heck 750 isn't that many more than the U.S.

Yes, all the way to 1.6, although they recently claimed 1.1billion. I don't know about the 430 Million, seem a bit low, but I am going split the difference and estimate for now around 700 million, which is still roughly double that of the US.

 

[torg003]

didn't they use to claim a population of over 1 billion? Heck 750 isn't that many more than the U.S.

You're forgetting about the one child policy they had for many decades, that significantly reduced the population.

 

[GR66]

China rolling out more kit that's geared toward amphibious operations:

China tests new amphibious missile launcher

China has begun testing a new amphibious anti-tank missile system. The platform, spotted recently in testing exercises, is equipped with twelve HJ-10 top-attack missiles mounted on the ZTD-05 amphibious assault vehicle chassis. The HJ-10 missile, often compared to the U.S.-made Javelin, is...

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