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(Reuters) – CIA Director William Burns said on Saturday that China is closely watching the Russian conflict in Ukraine and that it is affecting Chinese leaders’ calculations on Taiwan, the self-governing island claimed by Beijing. Burns, speaking at a Financial Times event in Washington, said the Chinese government was shocked by Ukraine’s fierce resistance to the Russian invasion and the economic costs to Russia. “I think the Chinese leadership is looking very carefully at all of this — the costs and consequences of any effort to use force to gain control of Taiwan,” Burns said. However, he warned that this...
