Ah, that brings back memories of when “the resistance” didn’t include the media and corporate oligopolies.
When I look back at the last 50 years of protests in the USA, the damned hippies turn out to be correct almost all the time.
As an aside, I found the analyst's reference to "Quemoy and Matsu, Pratas, and Kinmen Islands" strange -- after all, Quemoy and Kinmen are two names for the same place.
Peter Jennings is not described as an "analyst" but as "ASPI's executive director". Most likely he simply copied those names from multiple internal reports written by actual analysts. (Also strange to omit Wuqiu.)
interesting timing.
China would be absolutely bonkers not to take advantage of the political landscape in the US right now, which is to be buddy-buddy with China for no better reason than to stick it to the Bad Orange Man and his followers.
Absolute bullshit.
It’s not within Xi Jinping’s personality inventory to make good strategic decisions for his nation.
I highly recommend that you diversify your media consumption portfolio. Your take here is from an alternate universe.