Important Takeaways:
- A top US official has described China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan as “a rehearsal” for an invasion.
- US Indo-Pacific Commander Samuel Paparo said his command monitored China’s drills last Thursday and Friday.
- “We watched it. We took note. We learned from it,” he told Nikkei, adding that it “looked like a rehearsal.”
- China said its two-day exercises were punishment for separatist forces seeking independence. Beijing claims the island is part of China’s national territory.
- The drills came days after President Lai Ching-te was inaugurated. He called on Beijing to stop threatening the island and pledged to “neither yield nor provoke” the mainland Communist Party leadership.
- Admiral Paparo warned China continues to “build capability at an alarming rate.”
- The US does not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is bound by its own laws to provide the island with the means to defend itself.
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- Israel Strikes 450 Targets as Scale of Hamas’ Massacre Rises: Babies Beheaded, 1,200 Civilians Dead
- Day 5 of the Israel-Hamas war.
- Israel says it struck at least 450 Hamas targets in Gaza in the last 24 hours, while Israeli ground forces mass on the border for an imminent invasion.
- The death toll in Israel continues to climb – more than 1,200 civilians dead, 170 soldiers slain, and more than 3,500 Israelis wounded. Forty murdered Israeli babies were found among the massacred civilians, and some of those babies had been beheaded.
- The health ministry in Gaza says some 1,055 people have been killed and 5,000 injured during Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Hamas in the sealed coastal enclave.
- In the Israeli community of Kfar Aza, soldiers discovered what’s been described as a “massacre.”
- Gen. Itai Veruv, who led the three-day campaign to retake Kfar Aza after Hamas militants invaded, said, “You see the babies, the mothers, the fathers in their bedrooms, in their protection rooms, and how the terrorists killed them. It’s not a war, it’s not a battlefield. It’s a massacre. It’s a terror activity.”
- Doron Spielman, Israel Defense Forces spokesman, added, “Who could do this? They must have shed their humanity, and what is left is something inhuman. To see baby carriages with bullet holes and blood? Who goes up to a baby and kills a baby? Who kills a mother? I see the bodies in their homes.”
- On Tuesday, Biden also announced the U.S. is rushing military assistance to Israel including ammunition and interceptors to help the Iron Dome.
- The president also said he’s instructed his team to share intelligence with Israel as they work together to safely bring home all the hostages.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China Is Preparing For War; Is The US Ready?
- Both the United States and China are investing record-breaking sums in building up their military capabilities. Leadership on both sides increasingly appears to consider such a conflict as inevitable, despite rhetoric to the contrary.
- Xi has ordered the regime’s military wing to prepare for war, and to be ready to launch an invasion of Taiwan by 2027.
- Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.)… Russia’s ongoing conquest of Ukraine, and the United States’ failure to deter it, contain all the lessons necessary to prepare for what comes next in Taiwan.
- “If we don’t learn the right lessons from the failure of deterrence in Ukraine, authoritarian aggression and the CCP’s malign influence will spread to the Indo-Pacific, and our New Cold War with the Chinese Communist Party could quickly become hot,” Gallagher told The Epoch Times.
- “To prevent this, we have to act with a sense of urgency and do everything we can to deter a CCP invasion of Taiwan.” “If the Chinese Communist Party invaded Taiwan today, we would not be well positioned to defend our friend, our interests, or American values in the Indo-Pacific,” Gallagher says.
- The United States must choose, he believes, to arm Taiwan to the teeth now or come to Taiwan’s aid at a much greater cost later.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- ‘Get Ready’: Taiwan Civilians Train For Chinese Invasion
- The classes are part of a growing Taiwanese urgency to be ready for a worst-case scenario after seeing the Ukraine war from afar and enduring two rounds of Chinese drills in the past year, including exercises that ended last week.
- “When there’s the possibility of a war, I think we should get prepared,” said 45-year-old Lin, who was attending the Kuma Academy’s classes in Taipei.
- “Being on the frontline isn’t the only way to help,” she said, adding her eight- and 12-year-old children should know what to do in a crisis.
- Kuma’s instructors offer practical tips on evacuation preparations, such as finding the nearest air raid shelter and what to pack in emergency go-bags.
- The day-long classes, which cost 1,000 Taiwanese dollars (US$33), end with emergency medical training, such as how to apply tourniquets and stuff wounds with bandages.
- Kuma has trained 10,000 people since January 2022, with classes selling out in minutes after their release as Taiwan residents clamor for more knowledge on how to keep themselves safe.
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Revelations 18:9-11 “The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’
Important Takeaways:
- China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since global financial crisis
- China continued to cut its holdings of US Treasuries at the beginning of the year amid rising long-term interest rates, which slashed its returns on its overseas investments after the US Federal Reserve accelerated its lending cost increases last year.
- As foreign holdings rose for a third straight month in January, China’s holdings slid to US$859.4 billion in January from US$867.1 billion in December, declining for the sixth straight month and marking their lowest point since May 2009, according to data released by the US Department of the Treasury on Wednesday.
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- ‘It’s not just what Jinping says, it’s how the Chinese behave and what they do,’ Gilday said at an event held by the Atlantic Council Wednesday
- ‘What we’ve seen over the past 20 years is that they have delivered on every promise they’ve made earlier than they said they were going to deliver on it’
- As Beijing launches fresh military exercises by air and sea off Taiwan’s coast, the Navy has now adopted a ‘fight tonight’ mentality
- Sec. of State Antony Blinken backed up such predictions earlier this week when he said China is speeding up its timeline to take back Taiwan
China could take Washington and the world by surprise and invade Taiwan as soon as this year, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday warned this week.
As Beijing launches fresh military exercises by air and sea off Taiwan’s coast, the Navy has now adopted a ‘fight tonight’ mentality, according to the chief of naval operations.
The service is now working to become more ready for deadly conflict at a moment’s notice.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Explosive audio leak details China’s plan to invade Taiwan
- Experts say that the audio clip posted on the YouTube channel of Lude media appears authentic
- First time since the formation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949
- The leak has surfaced when the CPC is apparently experiencing a bitter power struggle ahead of the 20th party congress later this year, which will deliver a new leadership
- The meeting revealed vital industries that would play central roles in the execution of the war. These Include companies in drone manufacturing, production of boats telecommunications and satellite services
- Plans include 140,000 soldiers and 953 ships
- The contents of the audio clearly point to pre-war preparations. Those in the meeting include Guangdong’s party secretary, deputy secretary, governor and vice governor. As well as military personnel Major General of PLA, Commander of Guangdong military region and more were in attendance
- Three tasks were the focus. 1) Establishing a national defense mobilization command 2) Implementation of a war time work mechanism 3) War Time supervision preparation
- It mentions smashing Taiwan independence forces and not hesitating to start a war, resolutely defending national and territorial integrity
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- U.S. Says China and Russia Bomber Drill Shows Depth of Their Alignment
- A joint strategic bomber exercise by Russia and China in East Asia on Tuesday shows the depth of the two countries’ alignment, a senior U.S. administration official said.
- Russia’s defense ministry earlier confirmed the joint patrol, which it said lasted 13 hours over the Japanese and East China seas and involved Russian Tu-95 and Chinese Xian H-6 strategic bombers.
- The move marks the first joint military exercise by China and Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China surrounds Taiwan for massive invasion ‘rehearsal’ drills
- The Chinese military deployed forces all around the island of Taiwan over the weekend in a set of large-scale military drills that one Chinese military analyst called a “rehearsal of possible real action.”
- Song Zhongping, a Chinese mainland military analyst said “In preparation of and a possible real action of military conflict in the Taiwan Straits, all PLA forces will play their roles, as they will surround the entire island, seal it off and launch effective strikes,”
- Song also reportedly said “by having the Liaoning aircraft carrier group positioned east of Taiwan, the PLA not only cuts off possible reinforcements from foreign interference forces, but also launches attacks on military bases east of the Taiwan island, and intercepts any escape attempts from secessionist forces.”
- The PLA appeared to conduct the drills in response to recent U.S. interactions with the island.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Putin’s plot to invade Moldova as ‘second stage’ of brutal invasion laid bare
- The Russian army is planning to establish full control over the Donbas and Southern Ukraine and to ensure a land corridor to the Crimea, according to Rustam Minnekaev, deputy commander of the Central Military District
- He also warned taking back control over Southern Ukraine will provide Russian troops with another outlet to Moldova’s pro-Russian breakaway region of Transdniestria, which borders Ukraine. Kyiv fears this could be used as a launching pad for new attacks.
- Meanwhile, Moldova parliament speaker Igor Grosu revealed his country has taken another huge step towards “EU integration.”
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