Truss in Taiwan warns of new Cold War with China
Spectator (UK)AUG 2023
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It should be obvious to everyone right now that China cannot be trusted to follow the rules. Free and democratic nations must cooperate to protect Taiwan in the face of a PRC blockade or invasion as the future of the self-ruling island is intertwined with core Western values. Similar to the Ukraine War, the West has a collective responsibility to back Taiwan and hold Beijing accountable for its wrongdoing.
This flagrant interference in China's domestic affairs has been a full-blown fiasco — both to the shortest-serving prime minister ever in the UK and to Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities. Truss has become a troublemaker criticized even by her Conservative allies. Posturing as "getting tough with Beijing" can only aggravate internal problems in the West.