The former head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) urged countries to show China the economic consequences it will face if it invades Taiwan.
Western countries need to make it clear that China would face “severe economic consequences” if it moves against the independent republic of Taiwan, said former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a visit to the island on Jan. 5.
He met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on his first visit to the island since he stepped down from his old post.
Communist China has claimed Taiwan as a rogue province since 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War, despite the willingness of its inhabitants to remain independent….