Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> may ask <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> to attack <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> if Taiwan is invaded</p><p>There’s increasing realization, & let’s not be <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/naive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naive</span></a> about this: If Xi Jinping would attack <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a>, he would first make sure he makes a call to his very junior partner in all of this, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, residing in Moscow, and telling him, ‘Hey, I’m going to do this, and I need you to keep them busy in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> by attacking NATO territory,’ Rutte said.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/china-may-enlist-russia-against-nato-if-taiwan-conflict-erupts-rutte-says-06-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/china-may-</span><span class="invisible">enlist-russia-against-nato-if-taiwan-conflict-erupts-rutte-says-06-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChineseAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Warmongers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warmongers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a></p>