DOOM: WW3 fears as China threatens to NUKE Japan

**DaveB** · 20 July 2021, 07:52

A more balanced assessment here

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-...reat/100299646

There is a genre of social media influencer in China that can be described as "military fanboys" and one account recently shared a video in which the narrator threatened nuclear war with Japan.

Then, an official Chinese government account — albeit that of a small, municipal authority in the country's north-west — reposted the highly inflammatory video.

The message: If Tokyo steps in to defend Taiwan against China, "nuclear weapons will surely be used against Japan".

Did Beijing use the local government account to share propaganda and send a message to the world, or did a low-level official just go a little rogue?

Tom Sear, a cyber propaganda and China expert from the University of New South Wales, said it could be both.

China playing social media games again.

**OwlHoot** · 20 July 2021, 08:41

Isn't there a proper thread for this kind of thing? Called "WW3 imminent" or something similar

(Asking for AtW)

**ladymuck** · 20 July 2021, 08:58

Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Isn't there a proper thread for this kind of thing? Called "WW3 imminent" or something similar

(Asking for AtW)

Yep

https://forums.contractoruk.com/gene...inent-136.html

**AtW** · 20 July 2021, 12:41

This is the Official thread.

**caffeine man** · 20 July 2021, 17:01

China tried to invade Taiwan in 1958. It didn't end too well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second..._Strait_Crisis

That was before the world became dangerously dependent on Taiwan for electronics. I expect the US will never let China invade for this reason.

**Fraidycat** · 20 July 2021, 17:23

Originally posted by caffeine man View Post

That was before the world became dangerously dependent on Taiwan for electronics. I expect the US will never let China invade for this reason.

But what can the US do if China invades Taiwan?

China has nukes and spends $250 billion a year on military, that is more than Russia, UK, Japan and France combined.

China wont do it yet, they will wait for the right time, when the US is weaker and they are stronger.

**DonaldJTrump** · 20 July 2021, 17:36

Would Washington risk New York for Taipei?
If the US was obliterated and lost all of its 328 million people & then China lost the same amount, China would still have 1 billion people left to rebuild

**Fraidycat** · 20 July 2021, 17:43

More doom, the UK is acting hard again on the world stage

:

Britain WILL defy Beijing by sailing HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier task force through disputed international waters in the South China Sea - and deploy ships PERMANENTLY in the region

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...China-Sea.html

What would the UK do if China decided to sink that carrier?

Lets hope its a combined international operation to keep the Chinese in check as we don't stand a chance on our own.

This from a few weeks ago:

China building more than 100 ‘nuclear’ missile silos in desert

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-silos-nuclear

**AtW** · 20 July 2021, 18:23

Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post

What would the UK do if China decided to sink that carrier?

A strongly worded letter with thin veiled threats to cut Chinese visas if they do it again?

DOOM: WW3 fears as China threatens to NUKE Japan