These concerns spiked after China's foreign ministry said 'Taiwan is not Ukraine,' arguing it has 'always been an inalienable part of China' and refusing to call Russia’s actions an invasion.
These concerns spiked after China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that “Taiwan is not Ukraine,” arguing it has “always been an inalienable part of China” and refusing to call Russia’s actions an invasion.Top members of Congress cautioned that while China has denied backing the Russian incursion into Ukraine, they believe the communist country is “playing both sides” with its rhetoric, arguing that an alliance between the U.S. adversaries should not be ignored.
“I think we all saw this unholy alliance coming together at the Beijing Olympics, where Putin and [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping] were hand-in-hand condemning NATO's 'aggression' and calling for the West to stay out of the South China Sea and Taiwan,” the Texas Republican said in an interview. “You know, they were already looking at licking their chops. After Afghanistan, they now will look at their sovereign entity — I mean, whether we like it or not, Taiwan ever since Nixon has not been recognized as a country but rather as a part of China that is entitled to special treatment, but that special treatment ends when the troops go in, and that's what's going to happen,” he told the Washington Examiner.
“I think the Pacific Command fleet needs to be in the Taiwan Strait and very visible as a deterrent factor. I'm the guy that signs off on for military weapons sales, and we need to sell more what we call asymmetric weapons, because they're never going to beat China conventionally, but if we can give them what we call asymmetric weapons to basically counter the threats — we need to help them defend themselves," McCaul said.
“I think the posture that we've taken if China were to invade, I think the U.S.'s stated position is one of strategic ambiguity — now that sounds terrible, but — but what it really means is we're not going to tell you what it is. We're going to just tell you to get you ought not go there," Wagner continued."And — but it's concerning that, again — that this kind of weakness is a dangerous message to Xi and to China and to Iran and North Korea.
“And sanctions, I think, can have an effect — whether it'll be enough of an effect to force an end to this crisis or to dissuade China from moving on Taiwan, only time will tell, but diplomacy only works when it's supported with a strong stick in the background, and if we're not willing to use it, absolutely does limit, I think, our toolkit," he added.
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