Quote:China has said it is “ready for war” with America as it raises defence spending and imposes retaliatory tariffs on US imports.

In a direct threat to Donald Trump, China’s representatives in America said: “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight until the end.”

Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, in turn said the US is “prepared” to go to war.

“If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end,” the post read.

Mr Hegseth told Fox and Friends that the US was “prepared” and that “those who long for peace must prepare for war.”

The US has hit China with 20 per cent tariffs in response to what the White House considers to be Chinese inaction over the flow of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, into America.

Beijing has responded by announcing plans to boost defence spending by 7.2 per cent and hit the US with reciprocal tariffs of 10 to 15 per cent on certain imports from March 10.

In combative statements online, China’s ministry of foreign affairs and US embassy warned Washington that “intimidation does not scare us” and criticised Mr Trump for linking tariffs to the fentanyl crisis.

The fiery language comes as China’s top legislature met for annual Two Sessions meetings in Beijing, where the plans to boost defence spending were revealed.

The rise in spending is equal to the jump last year and takes the official budget to roughly 1.78 trillion yuan (£190 billion), as China pursues the goal of Xi Jinping, its president, to build a modern military by 2027.

(Mar 8, 2025 11:56 AM)truePi Wrote:  we do no want more wars. let us stay in peace

(Mar 5, 2025 07:18 PM)Virulent Wrote:  I think that this would not end the way they think it would. Sure they have all those little men marching around, but when was the last time they were deployed?

(Mar 8, 2025 03:49 PM)Prepper Wrote:  It is important to understand that nowhere near every US soldier has seen combat, additionally we have many who have been disabled and are no longer active duty, those who served their contracts which is between 2-6 years.

Point is while we have combat experience actual active duty soldiers who have seen combat is shrinking such as those who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, we have more recent recruits without combat experience.

A war with China is a terrible idea they are not a weak country, they have the technology, they have a lot more soldiers, they have the worlds largest military.

Also they are a nuclear power, nobody wins with that.

(Mar 8, 2025 04:41 PM)Rsynced Wrote:  They also have robots like this: