How to deter China from attacking Taiwan
What Taiwan can learn from Ukraine about resisting invasion
THEY MAY be on the other side of the world, but few are watching the war in Ukraine more intently than the Taiwanese. The battle for survival of a young democracy against a bullying, autocratic neighbour that scorns its right to self-determination could one day be their own. When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, the despotic presidents of China and Russia respectively, say their friendship has “no limits”, Taiwan shudders.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “How to become a porcupine”
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