German warships to cross Taiwan Strait for first time in 22 years, defying Beijing’s warnings
German warships to cross Taiwan Strait for first time in 22 years, defying Beijing’s warnings
For the first time in 22 years, two German warships will sail through the Taiwan Strait, a move likely to provoke Beijing. Germany joins other Western nations in asserting freedom of navigation in the region amid China’s territorial claims over Taiwan
Getting the old gang back together! Too bad Russia is on the other side this time.
They've always been "that acquaintance".
You only know each other for mutual benefit or a mutual friend, but when that's gone, there becomes literally no reason to hang out any more.
Considering Russia's past performance in naval warfare in the Pacific, we're probably better off without them.
Getting the old gang back together!
Germany, Japan, and Italy?
I don't mean to pick on you specifically with this comment, but good lord people, there's more to history than WW2. Anytime anyone tries to make a historical reference to current events it's awkwardly shoehorned into a WW2 framework. It drives me crazy. Anyway, sorry for the rant there. No, it's an older gang. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_China
The fact that Russia was ever on the winning side given their history was a fluke.
Eh, they were also instrumental in defeating Napoleon, which counts for a lot.
Russia was always on another side. The Ribbentrop Pact was a weak, untrusting handshake between two barbaric regimes with mutual hatred and a shared realization it would be easier to go rape and pillage more peaceful people instead of each other.
Please see my reply to UnderpantsWeevil
you mean the nazi gang?
2024 - 22 = 2002.
So probably not nazis. No.
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There would be outrage if China sailed warships through the Baltic and North seas, or the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean sea. Or if China had a strong military presence in Russia, Belarus, Cuba, and Venezuela etc.
Baltic and North seas, or the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean sea
None of these are contested territories. Chinese vessels go there all the time and nobody really cares.
Would it though? They did sail in baltics and the gulf
That you think there would be outrage highlights your lack of understanding.
International waters are just so. It's only a problem when a country decides to try and restrict access to international waters, and one way to show that this decision is not accepted is to sail warships through it.
Yeah... as a german taxpayer this is exactly what we need now. Poke China for no real reason.
You're either with Taiwan or you're with the Terrorists.
Would you rather encourage Chinese aggression and show them your country can be bullied around?
Could we stop making the international tensions? Provoking each other?
The alternative is to let certain countries de facto claim a region because others are too afraid to call them on their BS
You do realise that Taipei's territorial claims are exactly the same as those of Beijing. I know the western media never bother to mention it because it doesn't align with the approved narrative but Taiwan claims the very same nine dash line as China.
To this day, Taiwan remains firm in its claims to the South China Sea. They have been historically justified on the basis that, as there was no United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in existence in 1947, it was legitimate for the ROC to claim the South China Sea territories and waters based on the historical connections of these with China. According to the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), a Taiwanese think tank, there was no legal impediment to the claim in 1947 and, for a long period, there were no challenges to the ROC’s claims from other countries.[4] They were largely ignored – except by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which concurred with them.
Has China stopped making ownership claims to waters and lands beyond their borders?
Does China operate international police stations to police their citizens across the globe?
Maybe China should act right and follow the same treaties as the rest of the planet.
As soon as Chinese “fishing vessels” aren’t armed and won’t turn their transponders off to sneak into territorial waters