By Tyler Durden
After Taiwan’s defense ministry inspired a wave of alarming headlines in the global press with his warning that Beijing would be capable and ready for a military invasion of Taiwan by 2025, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen sought to de-escalate the situation – which was initially provoked by Beijing’s latest streak of military muscle-flexing by repeatedly violating Taiwan’s air defense zone – by proclaiming that Taiwan doesn’t seek military confrontation, but will do whatever it takes to defend its freedom.
Tsai’s statement also follows revelations in the American media that, for at least a year now, US Marine special forces have been quietly stationed in Taiwan, and have been training small contingents of Taiwanese ground forces, while also working with maritime forces on small-boats training.
Whether or not Beijing knew about this deployment previously, the official response was menacing, with one popular media mouthpiece for the CCP suggesting that China should have blasted the foreign “invaders” since the US refused to be transparent and honest.
