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HKR: US prepares for S. Koreans and Japan to fight in Taiwan. Good analysis/reporting by HanKyoreh, a progressive Korean daily. 美國為韓國和日本在台灣開戰做準備。 韓國進步日報《HanKyoreh》的優秀分析/報導

https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/1112030.html

It aligns what I and some others have been saying for a long time now, the US is preparing for SK (& Japan) to fight China over Taiwan.

Unsettling moves by the UN Command lay way for Korean involvement in Taiwan

This amounted to a declaration that the scope of USFK’s duties has been expanded beyond the Korean Peninsula to include the defense of Taiwan. He even seemed to have in mind the possibility of the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command transforming into a command overseeing rear support duties in the event of a crisis in Taiwan.

I can only wonder what sort of discussions and agreements the South Korean government engaged in amid this expansion of USFK’s duties to cover the whole of Northeast Asia.

The focus of all these developments has been on South Korea, the US, and Japan jointly forming an emergency plan for a situation in Taiwan. The objective and concept of integrating the three sides’ activities in the event of a Taiwan crisis has actually existed for some time; the plans have simply been kept confidential to avoid provoking Beijing.

It appears very likely that the UNC will be in charge of duties for encouraging a military readiness posture — including the joint stockpiling of military supplies — as the three sides formulate a joint operational plan for a Taiwan crisis.

With no real offensive weapons or landing force to speak of, and with difficulties recruiting members, the Japan Self-Defense Forces are less of an active combat unit and more of a command providing planning from the rear. In the case of a crisis in Taiwan, the more likely candidate to make up for shortfalls in US combat capabilities is South Korea.

For clarification, the UNC is the United Nations Command, the ostensible “UNSC approved” body–from 1950–that still claims to be the the legal military counterparty to NK. With the CFC (a rebranding of the UNC), it has legal control of both US and SK troops. It should have been disbanded after the war, but the US has kept it in place as a fig leaf to promote the myth that there is a multi-national military coaltion unified in support of US policy in Korea. Actually, it is only the US and SK, along with a “UNC rear” in Japan. 5-eyes quislings occasionally make a showing to sustain the myth.

The UNC & the CFC (Combined Forces Command) are both controlled by a US general reporting to the US president.

The US took opcon (operation control) of SK troops in July of 1950 (opcon is usually a short temporary measure) and has never relinquished it back to the SK, despite decades of efforts by progressive govenments in SK. ( South Korea has had full control of its own military for only 13 months since its inception).

In other words, the SK (ROK army) will provide a significant amount of the troops for war against China (as they did in Vietnam, where SK troops outnumbered US troops 2 to 1 after 1972).

In fact, almost everywhere where the US has fought wars, SK has provided troops–it was one of the first countries to deploy to Afghanistan (secretly, of course).

This is the moral hazard (free Korean troops) that makes war with China more likely.

The other is US hubris that believes that it can win, through the 3rd offset (distributed, diffused, swarming warfare), which it is rehearsing right now.

Jews in US want to suppress freedom of speech 猶太人財大氣粗, 要壓制美國給人民言論自由

Taiwan US-China military expert video: China’s J35 & J20 overtakes the US’s F35 & F22 loaded with problems台灣中美軍事尊家視頻: 陸空軍版 J35來了, 美F35卻出了大問題
https://rumble.com/v3p13nb-chinas-j35-and-j20-overtakes-the-uss-f35-and-f22.html
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8roqoK7/
Complete video https://youtu.be/PWLwo0QTYxI?si=Ap7ms5hV1yP2JyXZ 👈

Video: understand how US democracy works in 2 minutes 影片: 祇需要2分鐘可以完全了解美國民主如何運作
https://rumble.com/v3oxxjt-understand-how-us-democracy-works-in-2-minutes.html
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8rKUUKL/ 👈

Video: Should countries’ borders be respected? 國家邊界應該受到尊重嗎?

https://rumble.com/v3ox6rd-should-countries-borders-be-respected.html
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8rw5dUK/

How are topics like borders and separatism discussed in international discourse? If it’s Ukraine, the legal position is front and center, but if it’s China, the legal position is almost universally omitted, our examination shows. 國際論述中如何討論邊界和分離主義等議題？ 我們的研究顯示，如果是烏克蘭，法律地位就處於首要和中心位置，但如果是中國，法律地位幾乎普遍被忽略.

The fate of Native American Indians and Palestine People is apartheid & AngloSaxon (European & Americans) 美洲原住民印地安人和巴勒斯坦人的命運是種族隔離和盎格魯撒克遜人 (歐洲人和美國人)

Taiwan US-China expert video: US forced Saudi form close alliance with Israel with gun at their head. Saudi use Hammas to set up US force cancellation of plan, brilliant! 台灣中美專家視頻: 美國被沙特算計？巴勒斯坦的哀歌
https://rumble.com/v3ost9t-saudi-use-hammas-to-set-up-us-force-cancellation-of-plan.html
Complete video: https://youtu.be/MGZbDcriuBU?si=wBOPpFdSee3Gf65R 👈

Pediatricians warn of mycoplasma pneumonia outbreak, with infections surging among children

In recent days, there has been a surge in cases of infection by the bacterium mycoplasma pneumoniae reported in multiple hospitals across the country, with children being the most affected. This year, the infection has occurred earlier than usual and has shown a trend toward affecting younger children, leading pediatricians to warn that this year could see a widespread outbreak of mycoplasma pneumonia.

Li Tongzeng, the chief physician of the infection department at Beijing You’an Hospital, told the Global Times on Thursday that before the COVID-19 pandemic, a relatively large outbreak of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections would occur every three to seven years. In the past three years, the incidence of respiratory diseases has decreased due to pandemic prevention and control measures. However, this situation may lead to insufficient immunity, especially for children.

With the adjustment of COVID-19 prevention and control measures, the number of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections this year may significantly increase compared to the previous three years, Li predicted.

According to experts, the peak period of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections occurred earlier this year, in July and August. Since July, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center has admitted nearly 400 children with mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, which is twice the number compared to previous years, accounting for approximately 80 percent of all respiratory infections, according to a news report by chinanews.com on Thursday.

Doctors at the Beijing Children’s Hospital in Shunyi district revealed that since the start of the school year on September 1, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of children being treated in the pediatric department, more than half of whom are children with respiratory symptoms caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, the report noted.

Similarly, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays from September 29 to October 6, the fever clinic at the Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center received a record-breaking number of over 1,000 patients in a single day, with respiratory tract infections, particularly mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, being predominant.

“In previous years, the number of cases would decline after a quarter, but this year it has continued for over five months,” said doctor Li Shuhua, the head of the pediatric outpatient department at the Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center. Since June, the positive rate for mycoplasma pneumoniae infections has been on the rise, and currently, a significant proportion, around 20 to 30 percent, of patients seeking treatment for various respiratory infections have been found to be infected with mycoplasma pneumoniae, Li Shuhua said.

Li Tongzeng stated that after mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, most people have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, such as fever, cough, sore throat, nasal congestion and runny nose. A small number of cases will develop pneumonia with repeated high fever and severe cough. He noted that early treatment can reduce the incidence of severe disease.

In February, the National Health Commission issued the 2023 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Children, which states that mycoplasma pneumonia is more common in children aged 5 and above, but can also occur in children under 5.

Compared to previous years, the disease in China has shown a trend of affecting younger children, with some cases occurring in children under 3. When related symptoms appear, parents should promptly seek medical attention for their children, pediatricians stressed.

According to chinanews.com, Chang Hesheng, deputy chief physician of the pediatrics department at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, explained that although mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is not classified as a contagious disease, it does have the ability to spread, primarily through droplet transmission. Currently, there is no specific vaccine available for the prevention of the infection.

Video: 7 notes about Gaza: the view from China, China’s position is UN position 影片：關於加薩的七點注意：中國的觀點，中國的立場就是聯合國的立場

https://rumble.com/v3ops76-chinas-position-is-un-position.html

Voice of America criticized China’s response to fighting in Israel/ Palestine by printing a picture of an empty Chinese lectern. But China did respond, with a call to protect civilians–while the response of others violates the Geneva Conventions. 美國之音透過刊登一張空蕩蕩的中國講台的照片來批評中國對以色列/巴勒斯坦戰鬥的反應。 但中國確實做出了回應，呼籲保護平民，而其他國家的回應則違反了《日內瓦公約》

Former Greek Minister video: The problem of Israel-Palestine conflict is apartheid & AngloSaxon (European & Americans) 希臘前部長影片：以巴衝突的問題是種族隔離和白人尤其是歐洲人和美國人
https://rumble.com/v3olde1-the-problem-of-israel-palestine-conflict-is-apartheid.html