News Analysis As the entire world is paying close attention to the Russia-Ukraine war, Taiwan has become a highly searched keyword on the internet. Many are saying they are worried that Taiwan will become the next Ukraine. In addition to “Ukraine,” “Putin,” and “NATO,” Taiwan also became a Twitter trend on Feb. 25. By evening that day, the number of tweets containing the word “Taiwan” reached 465,000. Taiwan’s presidential office issued a statement on Feb. 25 announcing its decision to join democratic countries in imposing sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. In response, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Taiwan Affairs Office criticized the statement as a stance of “Taiwan Independence” and issued a warning. This news also made the top five on Weibo’s hot search list, with more than 120 million page views on that day. Weibo is a Twitter-like social media platform in China holding a monopoly …