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submitted 8 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping's 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday.

China also officially adopted tougher language against Taiwan as it released the budget figures, dropping the mention of "peaceful reunification" in a government report delivered by Premier Li Qiang at the opening of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's rubber-stamp parliament, on Tuesday.

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

The largest sea based invasion force in all of human history? In secret?

[-] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Pearl Harbour 2: Commie Boogaloo

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Against the Taiwanese? They aren't the ones bringing a big stonking navy in, and attacking the US directly is...well it's about as smart as attacking the US directly was when Japan did Pearl Harbor.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

D-Day was a surprise largest sea based invasion force in all of human history.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

It wasn't a surprise, it was a misdirection

China can't pretend they're actually planning to attack Calais and Norway

Also, the Germans didn't even know radar was a thing at that point I'm pretty sure Taiwan has Radar scoping out the entire chinese coastline at this point

[-] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago
[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago
[-] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

The Germans were aware of the invasion, you can't hide an invasion force that large. It's physically impossible the only thing hidden was the landing sites. Which like, yeah, that's just hiding plans. Not buildup

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

D-day was a surprise location, not a surprise attack.

[-] NotAtWork@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

They never talk about how the allies evaded detection by the German's satellite network, comprehensive radar imaging, and observers with access to a global information network that can send messages any ware in the world in fractions of a second.

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