@philipdefranco: China Thinks US Is Trying To Trick Them Into Invading Taiwan #usa #america Xi Jinping Claims that the US is trying to trick China into invading Taiwan. He told this to the President of the European Commission, saying that the US was trying to goad them into attacking the island but that he won’t take the bait. He has also delivered the same warning to Chinese officials. This line of thought is growing in China with one academic saying “we will not fall into the trap somebody may be preparing for us”. Xi also said that a conflict with the US would destroy many of China’s achievements and undermine his goal of achieving a “great rejuvenation” by 2049. So now many US officials are concerned that Xi has created an information vacuum around himself because they feel they’ve been clear that they don’t seek conflict with them. With one China expert saying “It’s clear that the decision-making environment — and the information feeding into it — is being warped, either by Xi’s lieutenants, or by his own autocratic behavior”.