Make China think about Taiwan in the context of Ukraine

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China is deeply alarmed by the West’s unified response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.

Actively contemplating its own conquest of a neighboring democracy, Taiwan, China wants to ensure that its aggression won’t meet a similar Western response to that which has met Russia’s aggression. Beijing’s fear is that a People’s Liberation Army assault on Taiwan will lead to China’s isolation from the international community.

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