2/8/24 Peter Lee on America’s Provocative Troop Deployment on China’s Coast

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🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Scott talks with Peter Lee about the deployment of U.S. special forces to the island of Kinmen. Although it’s controlled by Taiwan, the island is right on China’s coast. Lee recounts the history of the military presence on the island and explains Taiwan’s reasons for stationing troops there. He and Scott also talk about the likelihood of a Chinese invasion of all of Taiwan in the near future. Discussed on the show: Peter Lee on Twitter @chinahand “US Military Advisors Deployed to Taiwan-Controlled Islands on China’s Coast” (Antiwar.com) Peter Lee writes on East and South Asian affairs and their intersection with US global policy. Follow his work on Patreon and on Twitter @chinahand. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.6	Author of the book, Pools Arren,
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0:34.3	Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full
0:38.6	interview archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. Mr SpaghettiO Hero, Franco American on Twitter, a hilarious follow and an expert on China issues and he keeps China Matters. blog spot.com. Is that a thing?
1:08.6	blog spot.com is still a thing?
1:10.3	Not really, no. Maybe Mr. Patreon now.
1:14.0	Yeah, that's what I was going to say.
1:16.0	Yeah, this is, oh, this goes back to 2019.
1:18.0	Yeah, that's because this is still the link in your bio on Twitter.
1:22.0	You got to update that. bio on Twitter you got to
1:23.0	but no you got a yeah your on Patreon is where you do your great essays and
1:27.0	spoken word things that people can subscribe to ain't that right that is correct
1:30.9	yeah very good okay well I'm behind on all that, but man, what happened was I saw where you were conversating
1:38.8	with some other guy on the Twitter yesterday about how they're putting a bunch of special forces on
1:48.3	on Kinman Island which sure looks like it's part of China on my map, but then if I read your conversation right you were saying to this guy yeah it used to be only this small amount of people and now they're increasing it or just kind of something along those
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