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China wants to prove its military might. · The Slippery Slope

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  Hi, I'm Jay Fallon and you are listening to the slippery slope.
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  So from Reuters, this headline says Ukraine us.
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  China relations dominate, Asia security meeting So on the
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  weekend, we had the Shangri-La dialogue which was held in
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  Singapore. So the war in Ukraine and China
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  is increasingly Intense or tense relationship with the United
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  States. Featured in nearly every session
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  of this Shangri-La dialogue, which is held in Singapore and
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  it ended on Sunday after three days of discussion.
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  So the Chinese defense minister weifeng who gave one of the
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  featured speeches on the meetings.
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  Fine. Final day said, it was up to the
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  United States, to improve the bilateral relationship with his
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  country as ties were at a critical juncture.
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  Now, this this, you know him saying well it's up to the
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  United States, this is the problem with China.
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  It's always up to everyone else, they can go and do something
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  wrong. And then they say, well, it's up
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  to them, it's their fault. They have interaction a bad
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  interaction - interaction with Canada.
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  Air Force and apparently it was Canada's fault.
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  They one of their military planes, you know, flu, extremely
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  close to an Australian surveillance plane and and made
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  some extremely dangerous move Maneuvers which in David, which
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  endangered the lives of Australian rwf pilots, and yet
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  it was Australia's fault. It wasn't wasn't their fault.
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  They did nothing wrong in their eyes, As they did nothing wrong.
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  We had a, we had an interaction with them with one of their
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  Naval vessels and one of our, and one of our planes, and they
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  will shining lasers into into the cockpit of our plane and
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  yet, again, they did nothing wrong.
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  It's up to Australia. It's up to Australia to change
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  its behavior. And here we see what's up to the
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  US, the US must improve. The US has to do it and it's
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  because China sees themselves as the global police, they see
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  themselves as The new superpower.
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  And that's what they want to become.
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  They want to be recognized as a superpower.
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  They see themselves in this area.
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  Definitely, they are the big dogs.
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  They are the one who calls the shots, they are the ones who
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  make the benchmarks and everyone else must live up to their
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  Benchmark to what they want. China is a Communist party with
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  extreme aggressive behavior. But apparently it's everyone
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  else's fault and I never ever take responsibility.
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  So this shank Shangri-La dialogue is Australia's Premier
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  security meeting and this year attracted 575 delegates from 40
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  countries and which included diplomats defense officials and
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  weapons. Make is what you always got.
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  To have a weapons maker there. If there's a defense fish
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  official there, you know that there'd be a lot of these
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  meetings happening in the background.
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  And with defense officials buying weapons.
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  It's basically just a big weapons buying Bonanza anyway.
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  So another headline, which also came out of out of Reuters says
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  that us and allies trade barbs with China and Ukraine,
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  dominates Asia security meeting. So as opposed to the to the
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  Chinese defense minister of the United States and its allies
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  have traded barbs with China. And the US defense secretary
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  Lloyd Austin earlier told the Shangri-La dialogue in Singapore
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  that Washington will do its part to manage tensions with China
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  and prevent conflict. Even though Beijing was becoming
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  increasingly aggressive in the region.
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  Well, that sounds like a bit of an understatement increasingly
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  aggressive. They are just becoming absolute
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  barbaric to be honest. They are the bully, the bully of
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  the area, and they are looking my They are looking for because
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  they want to prove that they that they are the premier
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  military State, they have the premier military and they are
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  they are what they consider the new Global superpower and they
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  want to be the global police. So Austin it said in his speech
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  at the meeting on Saturday that there had been an alarming
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  increase in the number of unsafe and unprofessional encounters
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  between Chinese planes and vessels with those of other
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  countries. Tree.
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  And he added that the United States would stand by its allies
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  including Taiwan. I'm several delegates at this
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  meeting of also questioned China's relationship with Russia
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  but we had said that China supported peace talks in the
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  Beijing had not provided any material to Russia.
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  He said providing weapons and imposing sanctions would not
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  help the situation. Well it wouldn't help the
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  situation for Russia know it might help thousands of people
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  millions of people. And Ukraine.
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  It will help them funny enough, but it won't help your well.
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  He says, they're not allies, they just Partners anyway, so
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  me. No one's a senior fellow at The
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  International Institute for strategic studies said we speech
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  was consistent with beijing's official line on Russia, Ukraine
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  issues. Of course, is consistent with
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  the official line, you're not. Let it's a Communist party.
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  You're not allowed to stray from, from the official party
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  line. And if anyone ever does say
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  something, which Seems to be outside the party line.
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  It's it's 99.999% of the time. It will have been condoned by
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  the party previously and they're just putting it out there for
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  everyone to know. This new ones is also said
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  underlined that China is a partner of Russia and not in
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  their lives Russia and that they do not have an alliance.
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  The underlining that at the end of the day, Chinese policy has
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  always been to pursue China's own interests and Not tight self
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  to those other countries. In Russia.
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  Of course, they were not invited to the meeting with Singapore,
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  defense minister knowing hen said was understandable,
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  although he said the search for compromise, the search for
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  common ground helps diplomatic efforts.
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  However, what I'm going to stick to is all this issue with China
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  and Taiwan. And what I think is impending
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  War so in addressing the issue of child of Taiwan, the defense
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  minister Away said China's position on the island, which
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  Beijing views as a province was unchanged.
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  He said the Chinese government sought peaceful reunification
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  with Taiwan, but, but reserved other options.
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  Wow. If that's not intimidation.
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  Well then what is as we know China has been allowing has been
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  sending their military planes into Taiwanese airspace
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  consistently for the last, what, probably 12 months.
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  At least they allow their Naval vessels to to wander over into
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  Taiwanese shipping Waters as well.
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  They make no apologies for acting aggressively when it
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  comes to Taiwan. And then they turn around and
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  tell everyone else that they need to They are in business and
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  even here they want peaceful reunification but we reserve the
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  right other options. So they reserve the right to
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  invade Taiwan because they only see them as a province on the
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  other hand, but taiwan's Premier Sue saying, Chang said on Sunday
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  that the island does not want to close the door to China and is
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  willing to engage in the spirit of Goodwill.
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  But on an equal basis and without political preconditions
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  and we all know that is not the way.
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  China sees itself, it does not, it will not coughs, how it will
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  not bow down to taiwan's. Setting the conditions and it
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  will in, it does not see itself as an equal for Taiwan.
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  It sees itself as the motherland, okay?
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  Taiwan, as they said, it's just a province for them and they, as
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  far as they're concerned. That is part of their country
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  that is part of China and it's already.
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  There's as far as they're concerned and also the South
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  Korean defense minister, Lee jong-suk said at the Singapore
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  meeting that his country would enhance its defense capabilities
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  and work closely with the United States and Japan to counter
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  North Korea's nuclear and missile threat.
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  However, I honestly believe that the reason why they talking
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  about them about South Korea, enhancing This is the defense
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  and working with the u.s. and Japan.
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  It's also a little dig at China. Is also a reminder that hey
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  South Korea can and will defend itself.
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  And the fact that, you know, they want they want to stand
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  behind their allies of Japan and the United States just reminding
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  China that they are not. The only military in the region
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  that there are the many capable militaries in the region and
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  that these can all all, we'll all be able to defend themselves
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  quite capably against China. The issue is China.
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  Like I said, wants to be the global policeman.
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  They see themselves as the new superpower.
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  And this is the reason why I believe we are going to go to
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  war is because they see themselves as the new superpower
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  and the only. The only way that you can
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  confirm that you are these superpower The prominent, the
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  dominant superpower of the world.
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  World. Is to dominate in military
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  action. So I'm just going to finish off
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  with Sky, News, Australia and and this article, the headline
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  says, China's adamant words on Taiwan.
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  Reaffirm suspicions war is coming Sky News.
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  Host. Chris Smith says, China's
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  adamant hawkish talk at the shank Shangri.
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  La défense summer was dark. He says, there seemed to be no
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  backing down on the elephant in the room, which is Taiwan no
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  retreat there from either the us or the Chinese Side on their
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  military plans. If China makes an aggressive
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  move to unite the mainland with China and as I said, if they see
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  Taiwan as just a mere Province. Well then that is exactly what
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  they want to do. They want, they will try and
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  unite Taiwan no matter what he goes them.
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  Say that that kind of adamant hawkish talk is not just dark
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  it. Reaffirms suspicions that sooner
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  or later the Taiwan issue, Very well lead to war and this is a
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  war. Australia is obliged to engage
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  in. I believe we're heading for War.
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  I believe China is trying to push itself as the global
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  superpower and the only real way that it will be able to confirm
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  in its mines. And in the minds of the rest of
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  the world is if it goes and wins a war.
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  And that's why I think that's why I believe China is so
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  adamant and will not back. Back down onto the leaves.
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  That charted that Taiwan is a part.
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  It is its territory and it won't back down.
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  Even at the threat of War, I believe they want war because
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  they want to prove themselves militarily that they are the
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  superior superpower. And they are definitely the
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  global police, and they have the power within this region, and
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  that there will be no one will be able to stand up to them.
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  I believe that is the end Goal. Unfortunately, I believe it's
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  going to take us to War. I hope I'm wrong.
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  We'll soon. See.
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  Thank you for listening to the slippery slope.