Chinese President Xi Jinping and his military leaders likely have some doubts as to whether China could accomplish a successful invasion of Taiwan after witnessing the trajectory of Russia's war in Ukraine, CIA Director Bill Burns told CBS.
President Xi and his military leadership have doubts today about whether they could accomplish that invasion. I think as they've looked at Putin's experience in Ukraine, that's probably reinforced some of those doubts as well," Burns said.
Burns noted that Russia has faced vast casualties, "cumulative economic damage," as well as "huge reputational damage" as a result of its war in Ukraine. "There's no foreign leader who's watched more carefully Vladimir Putin's experience in Ukraine, the evolution of the war, than Xi Jinping has," Burns said.The big picture:
The Chinese government has repeatedly vowed to take control of Taiwan, by force if necessary, and it reacts furiously to any gesture that seems to treat Taiwan as an independent state. on more than one occasion that American forces would defend Taiwan if China's military invaded the self-governing island
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