Defeat of Ukraine would embolden China towards Taiwan, Taiwanese officer says in Poland
By Blanchard
If TAIPEI (Reuters) -Russia beats Ukraine, it will strengthen China’s movements towards Taiwan, and Taipei hopes to win Kiev, a high -level Taiwan military officer said at a rare visit to participate in a security forum in Europe this week.
Taiwan, which China saw as its own region, has found an increasingly more sympathetic ear in some parts of Central and Eastern Europe since Russia’s occupation of Ukraine in 2022, not only with Beijing, but also with Taipei.
Unlike the United States, Europe no longer sells large ticket defense goods to Taiwan, fear of fear of the wrath of Beijing, and any Taiwanese military officer’s open visits to Europe are quite unusual.
On Tuesday, which addressed the Warsaw Security Forum, Hsieh Jih-sheng, Vice President of Intelligence General Personnel at the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, said the war in Ukraine was closely monitored in Taipei.
Uz We wish their victories, dedi he said online from the event he participated in the full military uniform and participated in English.
Hsieh, “There are many things we can raise from the Ukrainian theater for our general preparation.” “The defeat of Ukraine will show that China can get more aggression against Taiwan.”
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond immediately to the request for comments. On Monday, he condemned the participation of Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung in the same forum, saying that Taiwan was trying to exaggerate the Chinese threat.
Hsieh gave an alarm about the common military exercises of China and Russia.
“If Russia is moved to Taiwan while China is moved to Taiwan while increasing its attack in Ukraine, the world may face two front geopolitical crises.”
“Today, Europe, you are fighting for your own security. If you help us, we can prevent the possibility of war in Indo-Pacific.” Taiwan participated in Western sanctions against Russia, and at the same time, he also examines that the much smaller Ukrainian army could fight the great neighbor of the Ukrainian army and have taken lessons on how to deal with any Chinese attack.
Taiwan complained for the last five years of the “Gray Zone” activities, which have stopped the abbreviation of both war games and open war, but designed to apply pressure, including cyber attacks and submarine cable sabotage.
Hsieh said Taiwan and Europe could learn from each other.
“We have been dealing with China’s gray region operations for years. There is an enormous (in the amount of experience) that we can share with Europe and at the same time how we can benefit us, and how we can benefit the European countries.” He said.
(Ben Blanchard reporting; regulation by Lincoln Feast.)
