Rudd: the war in Ukraine won’t change Xi’s plans for Taiwan
For China’s Communist Party, the existence of a Taiwanese administration outside the control of the government in Beijing is a raw, festering wound.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, two views quickly emerged in the West about what lesson China would take from the war.
The first suggested that NATO’s failure to deter Russia – or to defend Ukraine directly – would inspire China to advance the timetable for a planned invasion of Taiwan, or even to capitalise on the chaos brought about by the war to attack the island immediately.
Project Syndicate
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