Andy Walton looking at a “war may be triggered at any time” with Taiwan

In the Weekly World Watch for October 3 – 9, 2021 Andy Walton looks a.o. at China.

China has warned that “war may be triggered at any time” with Taiwan after it deployed a record number of fighter jets into the self-governing island’s air identification zone. The government in Beijing sent 56 military aircraft, including 38 J-16 fighter jets, into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone, amounting to 149 flights this month. This has raised concerns that tensions in the region could escalate and turn into a military conflict. The mass incursion last week coincided with a joint drill by the United States and its allies in the Philippine Sea, where HMS Queen Elizabeth was spotted with two US aircraft carriers. The British aircraft carrier later sailed through the Bashi Channel to enter the tense and disputed waters of the South China Sea. The number of the sorties by the Chinese military was the highest since Beijing began such operations in September last year.

Walton comments:

China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province which it has vowed to retake, by force if necessary. But Taiwan’s leaders say it is clearly much more than a province, arguing that it is a sovereign state. This year, President Joe Biden’s administration has said its commitment to Taiwan is “rock solid”. In the first few days of Mr Biden’s presidency, Taiwan reported a “large incursion” by Chinese warplanes over two days. It happened again in April and again this week. America wants to contain China to stop it becoming the No1 superpower in the future which is why its aircraft carriers are in the region at the moment. The Bible speaks of gentile nations preparing for war and Jesus speaks of nation rising up against nation. All this is part of the time of trouble approaching….

And reminds us of the biblesaying:

Then said he [Jesus] unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.  (Luke 21:10-11)

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