TAIPEI: European powers must do more to dissuade China from invading Taiwan, including being prepared to unleash painful economic sanctions and train Taiwanese troops, the former head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said on Thursday.
- Agence France-Presse
- The Manila Times
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is visiting the East Asian island’s capital Taipei, said European and NATO powers were “too naive” in the runup to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and risked repeating the same mistake with Beijing.
Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion by China, which claims the self-ruled democracy as part of its territory to be taken one day by force, if needed.
“The world hasn’t…