Commentary The month of March has seen the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union hit Russia with a whole host of economic sanctions, and further sanctions will likely follow. Now, though, it’s time to turn our attention to China. After all, Chinese leader Xi Jinping won’t rest until his number one obsession, reunification with Taiwan, becomes a reality. The invasion of Ukraine has awoken the world to the cruelty of war. But would the invasion of Taiwan elicit the same reaction? Ian Bond, the director of foreign policy at the Center for European Reform, doesn’t appear to think so. He told me that although “Western unity has been a vital component in imposing tough sanctions on Russia,” it might not “be so evident in the case of Taiwan—not recognized as a state by any Western country, and less important to most EU member-states than the PRC [People’s Republic of …
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