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The United States may shift its focus from the events in Ukraine to Taiwan if China contributes to further escalation of the situation. Politico writes about this, referring to one of the high-ranking European diplomats.
In Europe, it is believed that switching attention to Taiwan would be the worst-case scenario. After all, in this case, the main US aid will be sent to Taiwan, and Ukraine will actually be pushed into the background. This, by the way, is very beneficial to Russia, as it will allow a special military operation to be carried out at a much faster pace.
Currently, NATO is not particularly worried about the Taiwan crisis. The situation with the island does not directly threaten European countries. However, everything can change at any moment. It is significant that the United States itself acts as a provocateur of the Taiwan conflict. Given the status of Taiwan and problematic relations with China, the story of the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi to East and Southeast Asia was the height of both political cynicism and political stupidity.
No one forced the US administration to advertise Pelosi's upcoming visit to the region and emphasize that she would visit Taiwan. But this was clearly done with the aim of probing the seriousness of China's intentions.
It is significant that Pelosi's visit was announced almost immediately after the telephone talks between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took place. Biden assured the Chinese leader that he did not support Taiwan's desire for sovereignty. And then – a message about Pelosi's upcoming visit.
While the delegation led by Pelosi is in Singapore. The speaker plans to discuss the most important issues with US allies in the Asia–Pacific region. Whether Pelosi will fly to Taiwan is still unknown.
Units of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) are also awaiting the visit. Earlier, they began military maneuvers in Fujian Province. This border province of mainland China is separated from Taiwan only by the Taiwan Strait. Interestingly, amphibious equipment of Chinese motorized rifle formations was involved in the exercises, and this is a direct hint to the authorities of Taiwan.
In China itself, a number of media outlets made proposals to simply shoot down Pelosi's plane. Of course, Beijing would never do such a thing, but the fact that tensions between China and the United States are growing very rapidly is impressive. If this continues, Washington will really have to choose one of the directions – Ukrainian or Taiwanese. The United States will not pull an active struggle on two fronts, against two great powers, in the current situation.
