As Russia announces its withdrawal from near Kherson, experts are cautioning that while it would be significant, the removal of up to 30,000 troops could take weeks. Is this another sign that Moscow is losing the battle?
The West fears military losses could force Vladimir Putin to resort to nuclear escalation. The latest incident is Moscow’s allegation of a Ukrainian so-called ‘dirty bomb’ for use on its own territory. NATO fears Russia might use this as a false flag attack. Putin and the man known as Russia’s No. 2, CEO of Russian state oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin, have thrown their weight behind Xi Jinping’s claims over Taiwan.
Our in-studio panel Leonard Chao, Taiwan’s People Party International Affairs Chair, National Taiwan Hospital University Adjunct Chair, and previously Taiwan’s Ambassador to Swaziland, and Yen Chen-shen, Professor of Politial Science at National Cheng-chi University analyze the use of propaganda tactics and how the Russo-Ukrainian war has impacted Taiwan.
Topics covered in the show include:
- Has PRC-Russia coordinated propaganda on Ukraine now turned to Taiwan?
-Should Taiwan be worried about Russia militarily?
-Are there legitimate concerns about Russia’s motives behind the dirty bomb allegation?
-Could they give Russia a false pretext to escalate to a nuclear war?
-False flag attacks used throughout history – Germany used one in 1939 before invading Poland.
-Could the PRC use a false flag attack against Taiwan – especially with the increasing incursions into Taiwan’s air defense zone?
-20th Chinese Party Congress work report - Xi Jinping called on the PLA to strengthen its “strategic deterrence”, widely interpreted as building up the PRC’s nuclear capability.
Should the US be worried about China’s nuclear build up?
-Does “Weakness provokes those empires of Russia and China”. What do you make of that assertion in relation to Taiwan?
- Russia considers Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic States part of its territory. Is Russia like China living in the past?
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