Cina trumpetting war with all the neighbours

 

Cina's messaging machine tamps down Taiwan war hype

In Cina, where public opinion is tightly monitored, it is suddenly alright to debate the potential dangers of unifying Taiwan by force. Commentary noting that such an operation would be unrealistic has uncharacteristically not been deleted. This is new.
 
One prevalent argument is that a Taiwan operation, at this stage, would pull Cina into a "four-front operation," suggesting the country would be surrounded by enemies on four sides.
 
Those fours fronts are: (1) the Taiwan Strait, (2) the Korean Peninsula, (3) the South China Sea and the South Pacific, and (4) the Himalayan border.
 
After years of wolf-warrior diplomacy, some in Cina really believe that an early unification of Taiwan by force is possible. It is in this context that the voices of concern are growing -- and are being allowed to grow -- louder.
 
While Cina does not rule out unifying Taiwan by force, its military and security experts know that doing so would be very difficult. Therefore, it became necessary to calm, for now, a groundswell of public opinion inflamed by wolf-warrior propaganda.