China

At the recent congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese President Xi Jinping, forcefully re-asserted China’s seemingly unquestionable sovereignty over the island of Taiwan and, therefore, its right to annex it by force if necessary. This followed the recent visit of Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan which raised tensions in the South China sea to unprecedented levels. Although the respective fleets of China, Taiwan, the USA and NATO forces have yet to square up to each oth

Rivalries and tensions in South China Sea When the UK maritime strike force known as Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) entered the South China Sea in July of this year (2021), it signaled Westminster’s clear intention to renew and upgrade its role as an imperialist power in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Hailed by some as “an armada for democracy”, CSG21 is the largest concentration of maritime and airpower to leave the UK in a generation. Spearheaded by the newly commissioned