An American delegation sent by President Joe Biden has just surrendered the island claimed by China. Taiwan fears that the Ukrainian affair gives arguments to Chinese President, Xi Jinping, to reinforce her pressure for a “reunification” by force.
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Official visit of a bipartisan delegation sent by President Joe Biden the 1 and March 2, visit Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State of Donald Trump, from 2 to 5 March … In the middle of Ukrainian crisis, the United States wants to show that they do not give up Taiwan.
If, both in Beijing and Taipei, everyone repeats that “Taiwan and Ukraine have nothing to do”, from February 23, when Vladimir Putin announced the imminent attack on Ukraine, the Western diplomats, but also Chinese social networks, immediately made the rapprochement. A rapid victory of the Russian army in Ukraine could have given arguments to the Chinese Va-T-War and increase the pressure on Xi Jinping so that it follows the example of the Russian president and “keeps” Taiwan by force .
Without formally parallel, the joint declaration signed by the two men, on 4 February, during the visit of Vladimir Putin in Beijing, suggests a giving: “Russia affirms its support for the policy of” Only one China “, confirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and opposes all forms of independence of Taiwan”, read, before learning a few paragraphs further than “China sees from A good eye and supports the proposals put forward by the Russian Federation to create reliable, legally binding and long-term security guarantees in Europe “. An formula used by the Russian President to denounce NATO’s presence in Central Europe and justify its “special military operation” in Ukraine.
“Disseminate any misinformation”
The concern of the Taiwanese was reinforced by Joe Biden’s decision not to send troops to Ukraine, a few months after the departure of Afghanistan. If the Americans are not ready to die for Europe, would they be for Taiwan? Ancillary questions: Will Americans not focus on Europe again and leave the Indo-Pacific? And do they have the means to be present on two operations theaters simultaneously?
A statement issued by the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-Wen, on “The situation in Ukraine” on 23 February establishes a link between the two situations. After sentenced “the achievement of Russia to the sovereignty of Ukraine”, the chair specifies:
While external forces are trying to manipulate events in Ukraine and to affect the morale of the inhabitants of Taiwan, our government agencies need to strengthen their vigilance against the cognitive war [war of information] launched by external forces and local collaborators and need to strengthen their efforts to dispel any misinformation, so as to maintain social stability.
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