Leaked audio from a top-secret meeting confirms the Chinese military is preparing to invade Taiwan



According to leaked audio from a top-secret meeting of Chinese military officials, China may soon launch an invasion of Taiwan.

The Times of India reported that an audio clip revealing dialogue between officials from China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), surfaced on YouTube marking the first time since the formation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 that a recording of a top-secret meeting of China’s military command has leaked.

The Times reported that the video containing the meeting’s conversation, along with English translations of what is being discussed, “appears authentic.”

Exclusive: Top-classified PLA meeting audio held on 14/5/2022 has been obtained youtu.be

Reportedly, “allies” within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the PLA recorded the audio. There is now an ongoing manhunt to uncover the source of the leak.

According to the audio, during the operation against Taiwan the Chinese military will have to safeguard the Pearl River Delta area in the Guangdong province. The Guangdong province is a densely populated part of China and home to much of China’s domestic industry.

The Guangdong province is often credited as being the heartbeat of Chinese industry. It includes the world class trading hub and hi-tech capital, Shenzhen, where digital behemoths Huawei and Tencent Industries are headquartered. It also includes Hong Kong, Macau, and the furniture capital Dongguan.

It’s reasonable to conclude that the protection of the Pearl River Delta is crucial to the CCP preserving stability of the Guangdong region and China in general. Should these areas be compromised by China’s enemies, large swaths of the Chinese economy will become extremely vulnerable.

Some of the leaked audio from the top-secret meeting confirmed that the invasion would be a massive operation.

A speaker at the meeting said, “First, the mobilization tasks issued to our province by the eastern and southern war zones totaling 20 categories and 293 items, mainly 1,358 detachments of various types with a total of 140,000 personnel, 953 ships of various types, and 1653 units/sets of various unmanned equipment.”

The leaked audio also confirmed that companies involved in the manufacture of military technologies, telecommunication companies, and satellite service companies located in China will all play a crucial role in supplying the PLA throughout the invasion of Taiwan. Many of America’s largest defense contractors have extensive ties to the PLA and CCP.

The leaked audio confirms that the meeting was held to discuss pre-war preparation and that the meeting was held to discuss orderly transition from peace time to war and to discuss military mobilization and planning.

Shanghai begins phased lockdown as COVID surges in China's largest city



Shanghai has begun a phased COVID-19 lockdown, as China’s largest financial hub grapples with a massive surge in cases of the Omicron variant. China is currently seeing case numbers that it hasn’t experienced since the early days of the pandemic.

Parts of Shanghai on the eastern side of the Huangpu River — which divides the city roughly down the center — will be under lockdown between Monday and Friday, according to local officials.

Western parts of Shanghai will undergo a similar lockdown protocol starting on April 1.

The Guardian reported that Shanghai officials are also implementing massive testing protocols.

Shanghai, China’s largest city, consisting of 25 million people, has recently become the hot spot for a nationwide outbreak of COVID that began in early March.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, earlier this month, urged officials in the Chinese Communist Party to “minimize the impact” of the virus on the Chinese economy as authorities work to uphold the country’s extremely aggressive “zero-COVID policy.”

On Monday, the Chinese stock exchange opened lower than expected, with the country’s benchmark CSI 300 index — analogous to the DOW Jones Industrial Average — falling as much as 2% during morning trading hours.

The government ruled out shutting down Shanghai entirely on Saturday, citing the potential damage it could cause the Chinese economy, and opted instead to implement the phased east-west lockdown approach.

On Sunday, a record 3,450 asymptomatic cases were reported in Shanghai, which accounted for nearly 70% of the nationwide total. Shanghai city officials announced 50 symptomatic cases on Monday.

The Chinese National Health Commission announced on Monday that there were 5,134 new asymptomatic cases nationally, with 1,219 new infections confirmed to be from Shanghai.

Currently, in the eastern parts of Shanghai, residents are confined to their homes. The city directed health care workers to visit each residence and conduct rapid COVID tests, with some workers arriving as early as 7 a.m. Monday morning.

In a Sunday public notice, the Shanghai government said that the two-part lockdown was being implemented “to curb the spread of the epidemic, ensure the safety and health of the people” and root out cases of infection “as soon as possible.”

The city’s eastern half will be under lockdown until April 1, at which point its western half will undergo lockdown until April 5.

Residents are being compelled to stay indoors during these lockdowns, and all businesses, employees, and government personnel who are not involved in the supply of essential services are required to work from home.

Individuals who are responsible for providing vital services such as gas, electricity, transport, sanitation, and food delivery do not have to adhere to the stay-at-home order.