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China will learn from Russia’s mistakes if it mounts Taiwan attack: CIA chief

By Joel Gehrke
Published July 21, 2022 2:03am ET
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China will learn from Russia’s mistakes if it mounts Taiwan attack: CIA chief
China will learn from Russia’s mistakes in Ukraine and seek to establish “overwhelming force” before mounting any invasion of Taiwan, the director of the CIA warned Wednesday. “I think the Chinese leadership is trying to study the lessons of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what it tells them,” William Burns told the Aspen Security Forum. […]

China will learn from Russia’s mistakes in Ukraine and seek to establish “overwhelming force” before mounting any invasion of Taiwan, the director of the CIA warned Wednesday.

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