Leading China critic, Gordon Chang notes that China is rapidly making war preparations, while the West is sitting on its hands: “China cannot stop talking about war and is fast making preparations for it. Chinese President Xi Jinping is implementing the largest military build-up since the Second World War; he is trying to sanctions-proof China; he is stockpiling grain and taking control of all agriculture; he is surveying America for nuclear weapons strikes; and, most ominously, he is mobilizing China's civilians for battle. China's military has, Cultural Revolution-style, launched a purge of officers opposed to war. The recent death sentence handed down to retired Air Force General Liu Yazhou, who had argued against an invasion of Taiwan, is of particular concern.”
But, he notes, the Biden administration has no sense of urgency in its preparations, and seems more concerned with depleting its stockpile of weapons to keep the corrupt Ukraine regime afloat. Biden is not called “Beijing Biden” for nothing. And, that does not present Australia with a secure future since we could well find ourselves here standing alone.
