Comments by "Twomix" (@twomix1822) on "Xi's troubled relations with the PLA, and the rumored arrest of a Chinese general" video.

  1.  中田沙耶  Taiwan will never surrender their democracy to the CCP. Xi will be forced to invade Taiwan to prove a point and because he is politically backed to a corner by hyper-nationalism. Except if he did invade Taiwan, he would have walked into a trap — the Thucydides trap (Xi actually is aware of it, he often talk about it in his speeches). Once war in the Taiwan strait starts it’s very hard to walk back because if Xi walks back he would lose all legitimacy — it’s the end of the CCP. He either wins (at all cost) or the CCP ends. Even if Xi wins and takes Taiwan the damage to the Chinese economy and reputation will be staggering especially if Japan and the US got involved. That is why the best course of action is to back off on Taiwan and not start on the road to oblivion. But judging from his actions lately it is looking like he wants to roll the military dice on Taiwan.
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  2. Very interesting. As the Chinese saying goes “千夫诺诺，不如一士谔谔” (A thousand yes men cannot equal one honest advisor) is what is happening in China. Xi has basically purged all his critics and surrounded himself with yes-men. As history have shown, once the emperor has purged all his most objective and honest advisors then only the liars will be left.
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  3. I agree with you, Xi will try to invade Taiwan but it will be catastrophic for China and the people will suffer. It is always the common people who will suffer for the misdeeds of the emperor.
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