Ukraine defeat could embolden Chinese aggression on Taiwan: official

Unlike the United States, Europe no longer sells big-ticket defence items to Taiwan, fearful of incurring Beijing’s wrath, and open visits to Europe by Taiwanese military officers are highly unusual.

Addressing the Warsaw Security Forum on Tuesday, Hsieh Jih-sheng, deputy chief of the general staff for intelligence at Taiwan’s defence ministry, said the war in Ukraine was being closely watched in Taipei.

“We wish for their victory,” he said, in footage streamed online from the event, where he attended in person wearing full military uniform and speaking in English.