Lots of sound and fury down here as the Sydney Morning Herald publishes a series of stories `Red Alert' about `...the coming war with China in three years.'
"Irresponsible, warmongering, sensationalist etc etc." usual bleating - and also as usual - rent a crazy quote or two from Paul Keating, a once great man who's now totally out of touch.
I wonder if the situation we may face in 2027 might in fact be a Cuba crisis redux - but this time on steroids.
China blockades Taiwan, amasses an invasion fleet, puts it's nuclear weapons on alert and finds itself surrounded by the west and allies, also with nuclear weapons cocked.
We face a week, or two, or three of terrifying, sleepless nights wondering if the world will end - then they see sense and back down (that being a considerable oversimplifcation of what happened back then).
The resolution may be in the hands of some future diplomat who has to find a concession for the Chinese to do so, while saving face...