Ukraine Asks China to Mediate Ceasefire with Russia

[TU Curmudgeon]

It's a good question -- is the US a reliable ally to Taiwan? And what about Japan, or South Korea? After all, there's no NATO alliance in East Asia to help support that.

Quite right. However there is the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, the Philippines.

There's now suddenly a new AUKUS alliance -- though strangely, UK isn't located in the Asia-Pacific region -- with no actual Asian countries in that alliance.

Yep, and how many NATO countries actually border on the North Atlantic?

 

[dcsports]

It's a good question -- is the US a reliable ally to Taiwan? And what about Japan, or South Korea? After all, there's no NATO alliance in East Asia to help support that.
There's now suddenly a new AUKUS alliance -- though strangely, UK isn't located in the Asia-Pacific region -- with no actual Asian countries in that alliance.

That's a great question. We likely have Taiwan sweating. The US (and many other countries) made a great deal of noise about Ukraine, but in the end haven't actually lifted a finger to help. Yes, economic sanctions, including an embargo of The Batman and kicking their teams out of video games, which Russia has largely ignored. We don't even acknowledge Taiwan as a country, and only send 'former officials' as unofficial diplomats.

 

[Gnosis]

There's clear quid pro quo between Moscow and Beijing. There's no way Putin would have dared invade Ukraine on his own without foreign backing. which China is clearly giving.
Russia and China signed major energy supply agreements right before Putin's invasion of Ukraine. That's no coincidence -- that's Putin's insurance policy.
China wants Taiwan, Russia wants Ukraine, and the Ukraine invasion clearly helps China to divert attention from its plans to grab Taiwan.

Interesting prediction, but it's pure speculation.