‘Of course I worry’: shock waves from Ukraine reach Taiwan

With the threat of invasion from China ever present, people's fears are playing out in eastern Europe

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About 5,000 miles away from the violence in Ukraine, shock waves from Russia's invasion are being felt in Taiwan. Until recently, Taiwan was considered to be one of the world's most significant potential flashpoints for a multination war. It was heralded - albeit with some exaggeration - as the most dangerous place on Earth", under growing threat of invasion by Xi Jinping's China, which considers the independently governed democracy to be a Chinese province.

This week its people have watched their fears play out in eastern Europe, as Russian forces - ordered by Xi's ally Vladimir Putin - attacked in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday.