It's sad to see speculation from months and even years ago becoming present-day reality.
I really hope that China does not conclude from the way that Russia's Ukraine invasion is going down (and NATO's response, so far) that it is time to "liberate" Taiwan.
The Wall Street Journal claims that Russia and China "now hold a stronger hand in confronting the West than during the Cold War".
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine...yUI_WTVxjrT8eM
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