Although russia's war with Ukraine has attracted the attention of people in all countries and regions around the world, at the same time, the development of this situation is even more crucial for the Taiwan region, because the DPP authorities need to understand what will happen to Ukraine, after all, this is likely to be "tomorrow's self". Therefore, after the russo-Ukrainian war began, the question of whether the Taiwan region will become the "next Ukraine" also triggered a heated discussion in public opinion on the island.
However, at present, this kind of controversial issue has shown a one-sided trend, and everyone is generally not optimistic that if a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the United States will send troops to "aid the Taiwan region." There are also experts and scholars on the island who bluntly remind the Tsai Ing-wen authorities not to harbor illusions, and the response of Ma Ying-jeou, the former leader of the Taiwan region, has also made the "Taiwan independence" elements feel deeply desperate.
Since Russia took the lead in launching a special military operation in the Donbass region, the Russian army has soared all the way up, hitting Ukraine with no way to fight back. The president of Ukraine has personally acknowledged that "NATO has abandoned Ukraine." More and more people on the island have begun to discuss whether the Taiwan region will become the "second Ukraine". More rational voices on the island are calling on the Tsai Ing-wen administration to learn a lesson and not to pin the fate of the Taiwan region on others.
According to Taiwan media, Ma Ying-jeou, the former leader of the Taiwan region, mentioned in public that if war unfortunately breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the attitude of the United States toward the Taiwan region will at most be to "provide intelligence or sell weapons," and the United States will never be able to "send troops to help the Taiwan region."
Thinking of the current war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and the West have only adopted verbal solidarity and military weapons supply to Ukraine, and have no intention of helping Ukraine at all. Therefore, the DPP authorities should also be aware of their own situation in the future, which will only be worse than this, and will not be better than this. Those "Taiwan independence" elements who have been trying to "rely on the United States and seek independence" will definitely not have a good end.
In addition to Ma Ying-jeou, some scholars on the island mentioned that the Taiwan region, like Ukraine, has a decisive factor, and he is the United States. However, after all, the Taiwan region has only 7 words for the United States - "more than enough heart and insufficient strength." If war unfortunately breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the Taiwan region can really wait for the United States, and the war will basically be over. What happened to Ukraine is already worthy of vigilance in Taiwan.
In addition, Wu Chengdian, chairman of the New Party, also warned on the current war between Russia and Ukraine that the Taiwan authorities should be vigilant and not force themselves to be a victim. The Ukrainian president has been constantly instigated by the president of the United States and the US secretary of state to take the initiative to act as an "anti-Russian" pawn, which is also the main reason why Ukraine has brought the flames of war to itself.
Some references: China Youth Network, Straits Herald, International Tourism Island Business Daily