Ukraine making China rethink when, not whether, to invade Taiwan, says CIA chief Malay Mail


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> WASHINGTON, July 21 — China appears determined on using force in Taiwan, with Russia’s experience in Ukraine affecting Beijing’s calculations on how, not whether, to invade, the head of the CIA said Wednesday. Appearing at the Aspen Security Forum, Central Intelligence Agency Director Bill Burns played down speculation that Chinese President Xi Jinping could move on Taiwan after a key Communist Party meeting later this year. “The risks of that become higher, it seems to us, the further into this decade that you get,” Burns said. Burns said that China was “unsettled” when looking at Russia’s five-month-old war in...