CIA Chief Says China Has Doubts About Invading Taiwan

“Russia’s struggles to seize and keep territory in Ukraine over the past year has likely fueled doubts by Chinese leader Xi Jinping that China’s military could successfully invade Taiwan later this decade, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Burns: “I think our judgment at least is that President Xi and his military leadership have doubts today about whether they could accomplish that invasion. As they’ve looked at Putin’s experience in Ukraine, that’s probably reinforced some of those doubts.”