Wary of China threat, Taiwanese join Ukraine's fight against Russia

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — When Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky called in February for foreign volunteers to help repulse invading Russian forces, Chuang Yu-wei, a Taiwanese tour guide, signed up the next day.

“Taiwan can’t be a giant baby that cries for help but isn’t willing to help others,” said the 51-year-old from Taoyuan, near Taipei. Since arriving in Ukraine in March, he has joined patrols, helped cook, moved supplies and dug trenches near the front lines in Kharkiv. “It doesn’t matter how many of you come, you just have to come,” he said in a phone interview.

For many in Taiwan, the Russian assault on Ukraine hits close to home because of parallels with their own situation. The island’s people live under constant threat from a powerful authoritarian neighbor, China, which claims sovereignty over democratic Taiwan and vows to seize it by force if necessary.

Chuang, who served in Taiwan’s military in the 1990s, is among a small group of Taiwanese volunteers in Ukraine for whom the war is a chance to bring battlefield experience back home — where debate is raging over the island’s military readiness — and show the international community that Taiwan is worth defending.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wary-of-china-threat-taiwanese-join-ukraine-s-fight-against-russia/ar-AAZ8ROh

[PortTack]

1. Kudos to Taiwan....they have been preparing for China to invade for 75 yrs!

China knows and according to military experts, China’s military would lose 100-200k troops in the first day just getting on the island.

Xi is already unpopular and China is at a serious tipping point with their economy. He knows it would be very risky