Cadence of Conflict: Asia, August 31, 2020
There was always a stark difference between
America's southern wall and the Berlin Wall.
America's wall was built to keep people out—whether
they were desperate to come in or hungry to
invade.
The Berlin Wall was meant to keep people in—people
desperate to escape from the oppression, fragmentation,
and poverty that flow from communism every
time it's tried.
China's Great Wall is akin to America's southern
wall.
It was a defense against invaders, meant to
keep the Chinese people safe.
But today, we see a different force in effect.
Chinese patrols in the waters outside Hong
Kong remind us of the Berlin Wall, meant to
keep in people who desperately want to escape
a regime they did not choose.
Before, it was said that America has a new
Cold War with China.
Now, we know for sure.
China has implemented new policy that strives
to contain a free-thinking people who fueled
one of the most amazing economies China has
ever destroyed, let alone claimed credit for.
Others are not standing by.
Taiwan is arming up and bunkering down.
America, all to glad to help, thumps its chest
loudly and often.
Australia and Japan promise to act independently,
which, though seen as diplomatic distancing
from the US, won't make China happy to hear
any form of the word "independent".
Dissenting voices against countries that like
the word "independent" say China is a benevolence,
yet feel the need to add that China must be
accepted—forgetting that anyone who needs
persuasive words in order to be accepted is
not evidently benevolent.
So, which is it?
Is China benevolent or do we need to be told
to accept China because we would not otherwise?
Both can't be true, only one.
And, the world is making up its mind which.
And, that is the cadence of the conflict already
seen in the Pacific.
