My last Blog Post was on May 7. So what happened between
then and now?
I made the painful discovery my laptop was not charging. My
laptop is my library access for research and study which culminates in a blog
post.
SO, I needed a fix. I have a trustworthy tech guy I use (in
case you live in Tulsa County Oklahoma – Eddie The Computer Guy).
I gave him a call. It turns out the port I plug my power cord into was messed
up. Eddie fixed it but had to order a part. The full service cost me pennies
less than $171.00. (So if any readers want to help a Baby Boomer fixed
income Senior Citizen defray that financial hiccup, here’s a PayPal donation link.)
I picked up my repaired laptop Wednesday afternoon. Fired it
up Thursday morning. I have a little less than two weeks of email subscriptions
to sift through. Then decide on a blogging topic to research and write. It
might be a couple of days for my next post.
Between May 7 and now I have tried to stay involved on
Telegram and Substack by sharing utilizing my old Android Smart Phone. Frankly,
I do not relish doing Social Media via a phone. I’m a bit old school when it
comes to phone usage.
Just a heads up. My wife (Diana) and I will be celebrating
36 years of marriage on June 5, 2026. From June 4 through June 7 we are going
on an ANNIVERSARY Vacation based on some good deals my honey discovered. I
probably will not be blogging much then. If my honey goes window shopping, I’ll
probably revert back to Telegram and Substack Sharing. If any of our friends of
and family are readers and want to chip into making our ANNIVERSARY Vacation
more enjoyable, HERE’S THAT PAYPAL LINK AGAIN.
As I was watching Jan Jekielek interview Alexander Yui, I
pondered a bit of history memory lane about Taiwan. First of the “invasion”
that is potentially concerning is from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ruled Mainland
China.
The CCP has always maintained Taiwan belongs to Mainland
China and cannot be an independent nation. The CCP gets extremely bent out of
shape with any nation that deals with Taiwan as a sovereign nation.
I am guessing most Americans that have received an education
in our Leftist-oriented education system have know idea how or why Taiwan
exists as a separate entity from the Peoples Republic of China (Communist
China).
I will endeavor to provide a brief (and probably inadequate)
history of the situation leading up until today.
History Rise
does a decent job of providing a brief history of how Imperial China ended
after 2,000 years evolving to a Warlord Republic, then to fractured Nationalist
(Kuomintang – KMT) government, then to Nationalist Party vs Communist
Party civil war, then Imperial Japan invading China briefly uniting Nationalists
and Communists against a common Japanese enemy (WWII). ENDING with the
Communists (Mao Zedong) chasing the Nationalists (Chiang Kai-shek) to Taiwan. --Emperor
to Republic: Governance Transitions in Post-colonial China; by History Rise; 9/4/16
The CCP-ruled China is officially the People’s Republic of
China. The Nationalist Party (Kuomintang)-ruled Taiwan is still calling itself
the Republic of China.
Taiwan’s independence status evolved largely due to the
Korean War which pitted the U.S. militarily backing the South Korean forces vs
military of People’s Liberation Army (China) backing the Communist North Korean
forces. Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan in 1949. Korean War full scale fighting
that also involved U.S. forces and PLA-Chinese forces was between 1950-53 (See
HERE
& HERE).
The Korean War allowed Chiang Kai-shek to consolidate his
stand in Taiwan. AND SINCE the USA was a bit peeved with Communist China,
Taiwan received the benefit of U.S. Navy protection from the then quite
inferior Chinese naval forces.
Templeman provided reasoning for each subheading. In relation
to the American Thought Leaders interview, I am sharing the Economic
Interests subheading:
“Third, Taiwan’s economy is now
vital to the United States. Taiwan in 2024 was the seventh-largest U.S. trading
partner, with about $185 billion in bilateral trade.6 Taiwanese
companies are dominant players in the global semiconductor industry, and today
over 90% of the leading-edge chips used to power everything from iPhones to
automobiles are manufactured by Taiwanese firms in Taiwanese factories. This
list includes not only the globally strategic TSMC, but also a whole ecosystem
of firms with specialized expertise in design, testing, and packaging, and
involvement in fabricating memory, logic, application-specific integrated
circuits, systems on a chip, and analog and mixed signal chips.
For all the effort Washington
has made to mitigate this strategic vulnerability—subsidizing chip production,
diversifying supply chains, and cajoling companies to build factories in the
United States—the changes that have resulted have been only at the margins.
American companies still rely heavily on Taiwan-made chips, and this dependence
has only increased in recent years with rapid advancements in artificial
intelligence; in December 2025, the value of Taiwan’s total exports to the
United States surpassed those of the PRC for the first time in many years,
driven mostly by surging demand for semiconductors.7 As a
consequence, access to Taiwan’s tech products is now a central element of
U.S.-China tech competition.
The potential economic costs of
a military conflict over Taiwan are enormous. Taiwan’s dense tech ecosystem
would probably not survive military action, and the impact on the United States
of this destruction has been conservatively estimated at $2 trillion.8
Conversely, if the PRC were able to assert control over these world-leading
industries without significant economic disruption, Beijing would acquire a
massive new chokepoint to exploit in its economic competition with the rest of
the world. The PRC’s willingness to use its dominance in rare earths to exert
leverage over trading partners offers an ominous preview of what this world
would be like.”
AND NOW the Youtube version of American Thought Leaders:
An island nation only one-third
the size of Virginia, Taiwan produces over 90 percent of the world’s most
advanced chips and more than 90 percent of the servers powering the AI
revolution. And last year, Taiwan became the United States’ fourth largest trading
partner—after Mexico, Canada, and China.
Over one-fifth of global
maritime trade goes through the Taiwan Strait, according to a CSIS analysis,
and any conflict over Taiwan would be devastating for the global economy—and
likely far worse than the economic disruptions caused by the Iran War.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has
told the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be ready for a successful Taiwan
invasion by 2027, the PLA’s 100th anniversary.
In this episode, I’m sitting
down with Taiwan’s representative to the United States, Ambassador Alexander
Yui, to understand why Taiwan matters, and what’s at stake as the Chinese
Communist Party has ramped up its campaign to isolate, intimidate, and encircle
Taiwan in recent years.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s
recent visit to Eswatini—Taiwan’s only African ally—had to be abruptly
postponed when Seychelles, Madagascar, and Mauritius revoked overflight
permissions—presumably due to pressure from Beijing.
“They are constantly harassing
our naval and air surroundings, trying to create panic and uneasiness,” Yui
says.
Since 2013, Beijing has built
over two dozen militarized outposts in disputed waters in the South China Sea
and has recently been militarizing yet another artificial island known as
Antelope Reef.
History Further Reading:
oStarting Anew on
Taiwan: In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek faced both utter defeat and a
second chance. What he did next; By Ramon H. Myers and Hsiao-ting Lin; Hoover Institution; 4/16/08
oTaiwan
in Time: The great retreat - The KMT’s massive transportation of
people, goods, artifacts, military and government institutions to Taiwan at the
end of the Chinese Civil War was mostly complete by the time the central
government started operating in Taipei; By Han Cheung; Taipei Times; 12/4/16
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Patricia Ryan is a Telegram contact that I read on the
Telegram Channel Defiant
America Network. Today (5/5/26) she posted six short paragraphs
under the title, “Leave the Darkness Behind”.
I found her thoughts very inspirational The Light is always
more powerful than darkness. Light pierces darkness. Ultimately Light is ALWAYS
victorious over darkness. Jesus the Son of God is the Light that extinguishes
darkness.
The last book in the Bible is Revelation. Sometimes called
the Revelation of John the Apostle. Sometimes called the Apocalypse of John.
Sometimes called the Revelation of Jesus to John. Basically: In the End – JESUS
WINS! Here are some Excerpts from Revelation 21 (NKJV):
1Now I saw a new
heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed
away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, [a]John, saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband.
5Then
He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said [a]to me, “Write, for these
words are true and faithful.”
6And
He said to me, “It[b] is done! I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of
life freely to him who thirsts.
10 And he
carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the [a]great city, the [b]holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God,
22But
I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23The
city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine [a]in it, for the [b]glory of God illuminated it. The
Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations [c]of those who are saved shall walk in
its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor [d]into it. 25 Its
gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there).
The point: There will be NO darkness on the New Earth and
New Heaven (which includes a New Jerusalem). And a side note: The
Climate hysteria is hogwash because the Almighty makes ALL things NEW.
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Think back to Genesis 1 when God created the world. One of
the first things God said was, “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). Just like
God created light to shine upon the earth, Jesus came as a light to all
mankind.
In John 8:12, Jesus says, "I am the light of the
world..." He also points out that light is necessary for finding our way
in this world.
Jesus is the light that guides men and women into true life.
He's the light that illuminates our path, as well as the one who illuminates
the rest of the world. It is by Jesus’ light that we can clearly discern what
is right and good.
The picture of light in the darkness is significant. It
means vision instead of blindness, confidence instead of confusion, hope
instead of despair.
If you're feeling lost, disoriented, or stuck in the dark,
start by saying His name: Jesus. Then, take a step—asking Him to light up the
darkness. And as you continue to follow Him, one step at a time, He will show
you the way.
Take a moment to thank God for shining His light in your
life. Because of Jesus, you can leave the darkness behind and experience the
light that leads to life.
