Xi Is Taking a Page Out of Mao’s Playbook-Waging War to Protect Himself at Home | Opinion

Taiwan is in “a dangerous situation.” That’s how the Taiwan Affairs Office of China’s State Council saw the island republic after President Joe Biden signed an aid package that included money for Taiwan on the 24 of this month. Who could disagree with the Chinese government’s assessment of the situation? Xi Jinping, after all, has been readying his military for an invasion across the Taiwan Strait and talks all the time about going to war. “Dare to fight” is his new favorite phrase. Xi, however, chose not to fight in February, when he had the perfect opportunity to do so….