China backs off

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after circling the neighborhood, firing guns in the air, and generally threatening mass destruction

**Beijing has announced an end to its military drills surrounding Taiwan but said further “training and war preparation” would continue...It made the announcement shortly after reaffirming its commitment, in a major policy paper, to use force against Taiwan if it could not take control “by peaceful means”**.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/10/china-halts-mi…

So this is an “if I can’t have you nobody can” kind of position?

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Or maybe they realized they weren’t getting the coverage in the US they wanted because of some event in Florida.

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Dave,

This is the most attention ever paid to the diatribes coming out of China towards Taiwan.

This is old hat, but was played up for us to pay attention.

Nothing new. Nothing changed.

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