Mills, former director of cybersecurity policy, strategy and international affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense, appears on “War Room,” a program hosted by former White House adviser Steve Bannon. (Screenshot from video)
After being sanctioned by the U.S., China’s technology necking problem is serious. John Mills, a former U.S. Defense Department official, recently argued in an interview that a major plot of the Chinese Communist Party to attack Taiwan is to obtain chips made in Taiwanese factories.
On the evening of April 12, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) website released the latest news of Chinese military aircraft in the “Military News” section, revealing that the CCP had deployed 25 military aircraft to disturb Taiwan that day. The Taiwan Air Force dispatched air patrol troops to respond, broadcast repulsions, and anti-aircraft missiles to chase and monitor the situation.
This is a record for the most number of sorties by Chinese military aircraft in the peripheral airspace of Taiwan since the Ministry of National Defense set up a special area for “instant military updates” on September 17 last year. According to the “Military Update” area, from April 3 to 12, Chinese military aircraft invaded Taiwan on a daily basis.
The disturbance of Taiwan by Chinese military aircraft indicates a significant increase in Beijing’s hostility toward Taiwan since 2020. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen’s re-election and her assertive stance against CCP threats, along with Taiwan’s deepening cooperation with the United States, have spurred the CCP to escalate its belligerent behavior toward Taiwan. The CCP has continuously threatened to wage war to reunify Taiwan.
Mills, former director of cybersecurity policy, strategy and international affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense, recently appeared on “War Room,” a program hosted by former White House adviser Steve Bannon, and said that the key to the Chinese Communist plot against Taiwan today is no longer to unify Taiwan, but to obtain Taiwan-made The key to the Chinese Communist plot against Taiwan is no longer to unify Taiwan, but to obtain Taiwan-made chips.
He said that Taiwan is the leader in the field of chips, which are widely used in the military and commercial fields, and the Chinese Communist Party needs these chips to equip all advanced weapons. (alluding to Taiwan).”
Mills said the issue is crucial to the U.S. Taiwan is like the western part of Silicon Valley, the U.S. needs Taiwan chips and the U.S. does not want the Chinese Communist Party to get them.
Bannon also agreed with Mills, who also called on the U.S. to assist Taiwan in resisting the Chinese Communist invasion and defending Taiwan, and that the Chinese Communist Party should not assume that the U.S. would have other options.
Mills emphasized that Taiwan is the front line of the free world against the CCP, and that the CCP will not stop at Taiwan. The CCP’s goal extends to Guam, Hawaii, and Alaska, which is real and deserves everyone’s deep thoughts. He stressed again that what the CCP wants is Taiwan-made chips, no longer to unify Taiwan, and that the CCP does not care about 24 million Taiwanese people.
Mills also said on April 7 that the Chinese Communist Party’s ambition for Taiwan stems mainly from its desire to get its hands on Taiwan’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities. Taiwan is home to TSMC, the world’s largest foundry chipmaker.
The Chinese Communist Party relies heavily on foreign semiconductors, tiny chips that are used in everything from cell phones to missiles. According to Bloomberg, the CCP imported $380 billion worth of chips in 2020, accounting for about 18 percent of its total imports.
The Trump (Trump) administration has imposed a series of sanctions on Chinese companies while in office, and the CCP is now working to ensure access to foreign semiconductors. U.S. sanctions have crippled the smartphone business of Chinese Communist Party tech giant Huawei. China’s chipmaker, SMIC, has also been blacklisted from trade.
The frequency of Chinese Communist Party military aircraft disturbing Taiwan has increased since the Biden administration took office. Mills said Beijing’s constant harassment of Taiwan is a series of military exercises in preparation for an attack on Taiwan. These exercises could culminate in large-scale maneuvers within the next two years.
Mills said the exercises are necessary given the complexity of amphibious landing operations and the fact that the Communist military has never before conducted a forced landing on enemy land in an actual combat situation, and that any Communist amphibious assault on Taiwan could also involve swarms of Communist civilian merchant and fishing vessels.
He believes that a war against Taiwan could occur within the next three years, and that Xi could be pressured to attack Taiwan to divert attention from internal problems such as the economic crisis.
Mills said the Communist Party’s military is not yet ready to attack Taiwan. The problem, however, is that the longer they wait, the better prepared and defended Taiwan will be. He warned, “We all need to be aware of these accelerating timelines and be prepared.”
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