CHINA has reportedly sent memos to citizens warning them to stockpile goods and prepare for war, according to a podcaster who stated her parents received such messages.
Cindy Yu, when questioning how tension over the island of Taiwan is escalating into a potential conflict situation, said: “In China, my family and friends have been given the advice to start stockpiling.” Speaking of the worrying request, she added: “I don’t know how much of that is local government or officials taking their job too zealously… but there are memos going out right now saying you might want to start thinking about stockpiling for war.”
Speaking to David Runciman on his _Talking Politics _podcast, she added: “The reaction from people that I know in China are just saying let’s think about tinned foods, and this sort of stuff, if we take Taiwan and the Americans retaliate, and they pursue supply chains, what could happen to us, ordinary people.”
On the potential that a conflict could erupt between the US and China, the commentator said: “The wheels are in motion, and I don’t know how it’s going to turn out.”
In the unlikely events that a conflict breaks out, the wider consequences will be extremely worrying.
With both China and the US enjoying permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, a stalemate position will incur over any notion of international intervention.
Regional state actors will be sucked into the conflict, with nuclear powers such as North Korea and Russia on the fringes of a regional war.
Add to this the ever-increasing presence of western powers in the region, as global focus shifts east, the potential for a more global impact becomes more of a reality.
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