Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Comments from both Washington and Beijing have suddenly become much more pointed and aggressive in recent days, with talk about hot war now being discussed as not just a real possibility but in many cases as a probability. Let’s have a look at some of the most significant recent developments. The Chinese government has finally broken from its usual restrained commentary on the way the empire has been aggressively encircling the PRC with war machinery in ways that Washington would never permit itself to be encircled and waging economic warfare that it itself would never tolerate. ‘Western countries — led by the U.S. — have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression against us, bringing unprecedentedly severe challenges to our country’s development,’ President Xi Jinping said in a speech last week.” (03/13/23)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/03/13/the-drums-of-war-with-china-are-beating-much-louder-now/