172

China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new high of activity the island calls harassment (mainichi.jp)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

58 comments fedilink hide all child comments

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- China's military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island's defense ministry said Monday was a daily record in recent times.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Do you honestly think America wants WWIII with their #1 trading partner? The partner with, arguably, the 2nd most powerful military on the planet?

This isn't like the CIA taking over a banana republic in the 50's.

[-] Blursty@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I know, it's stupid isn't it? But this is America.

this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023

172 points (94.3% liked)

World News

32283 readers

1438 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

jackmarxist@lemmy.ml

zephyreks@lemmy.ml

OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml