China has watched Russia’s misadventure in Ukraine closely. Likely, they are not thinking to themselves: “Yeah, buddy, let’s sign up for some of that, ourselves.”
The thing about being a Nuclear Power is that it constrains you in ways you wouldn’t expect. We have troops and U.S. Navy ships in Taiwan… China simply cannot engage in a shooting war there until and unless our troops and ships are removed.
China has watched Russia’s misadventure in Ukraine closely. Likely, they are not thinking to themselves: “Yeah, buddy, let’s sign up for some of that, ourselves.”
The thing about being a Nuclear Power is that it constrains you in ways you wouldn’t expect. We have troops and U.S. Navy ships in Taiwan… China simply cannot engage in a shooting war there until and unless our troops and ships are removed.