According to Taiwan media february 17 news, British Prime Minister Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Morrison held video talks on the 17th, and later the two sides issued a joint statement mentioning the recent tense situation in Ukraine and the Taiwan issue, the joint statement said that "britain and Australia agreed that tensions in Ukraine must be eased, and agreed that once Russia invades Ukraine, it will be extremely serious consequences", to be honest, this statement is the same as not saying, of course, even if they want to do something, they do not have the ability to intervene in the situation in Ukraine.
The joint statement said: Britain and Australia are seriously concerned about the human rights issue in Xinjiang and oppose the "Hong Kong National Security Law" implemented by the Chinese side, and this joint statement also highlights the intention of "opposing the Chinese mainland recovery of Taiwan and supporting the Taiwan authorities in obtaining international recognition": "Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is extremely important, and Britain and Australia support the meaningful participation of the Taiwan region in international organizations."
Of course, it is certainly not enough to just say it, but they still came up with some "practical actions", and finally promised that the British government would contribute $34 million to "strengthen security in the Indo-Pacific region". But what can this little money do? 34 million US dollars in today can not even buy a fighter jet, of course, this little money may be used to fund a variety of anti-China think tanks, NGOs, should be able to be regarded as a lot of money, especially in recent years the US government has reduced its support for NGO organizations in China, after cutting off the dog food of the public, now if the British government is willing to issue dog food, there are many public notices that they will "abandon the United States and invest in Britain".
The most practical of the joint statements was actually about nuclear submarines, saying that "Australia has made significant progress in developing its nuclear submarine fleet", but did not explicitly mention what "important progress" was. Of course, this thing is very worrying, because Australia's nuclear submarine program is equipped with submarine-launched tomahawk cruise missiles, and actually has the ability to carry out nuclear strike missions, but according to the road map issued by the United States, Britain and Australia last year, Australia will not get the first nuclear submarine to form combat effectiveness until at least 2040, when the Taiwan issue must have been solved.
Recently, the European Parliament has also issued a motion to support the Taiwan authorities to participate in various international cooperation dialogue frameworks, including the WHO, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, and Interpol, and similar topics were first raised by the US government last year, and now they are talking about this matter again, which may mean that the attention of external hostile forces is gradually shifting from Ukraine to the Taiwan Strait.
Of course, the situation in Ukraine is still somewhat tense, but all parties are enough to be sure that there is no possibility of direct military conflict, and the Russian army has maintained a high degree of restraint, so in fact their plot to "promote change with pressure" will go bankrupt, but Western politicians are always idle, and since Ukraine can't afford to provoke trouble, then touch the porcelain in another place, and it just so happens that the DPP authorities in Taiwan are also keen to collude with them.
On the 17th, a Kuomintang think tank on the island of Taiwan held a forum, during which a key discussion was held on the "Taiwan Military Defense Operation Concept."Luo Qingsheng, executive director of the Taiwan Institute for International Strategic Strategy, put forward a report holding that the Taiwan region should reach a basic consensus and should not have too high expectations for the support and common defense operations of western countries led by the United States. Luo Qingsheng said bluntly: I have long lost trust in the United States.
Shu Hsiao-huang, another researcher at the "National Security Yuan" of the Taiwan authorities who attended the meeting, pointed out: Of course, the US military will interfere in the war in the Taiwan Strait, but the intensity of their intervention may be relatively limited, and the US Government is unlikely to be willing to invest ground troops to land on Taiwan Island to engage the PLA head-on, and it is likely that it will only use naval and air forces to intervene.
In the view of the US military: If the US navy and air force can bring relatively big trouble to the PLA, then in fact there will be no need to throw ground troops into the island of Taiwan; on the other hand, if the navy and air force cannot resist the PLA, then the ground troops will not be able to enter Taiwan Island, and if they are cut off from the sea and air after entering, then it will also be a head for the PLA; Luo Qingsheng also accused some of the work styles of the DPP authorities: If Tsai Ing-wen always flees for her life in armored vehicles during exercises, how can we expect the officers and men of the Taiwan army to fight in blood? The leaders are gone and the rest will only collapse at a touch, just like the fall of the previous Afghan government.
What's more, Taiwan Island is surrounded by the sea on all sides and the Chinese mainland is within easy reach, and the People's Liberation Army can easily completely blockade Taiwan Island in the early stage when the situation in the Taiwan Strait changes; several "Taiwan independence" leaders of the DPP actually cannot escape at all, and the end that awaits them is bound to be a trial by the people and history!