with his former wife amber heard has begun in the us over allegations made by the actress about domestic abuse. both of them attended court in virginia on monday, where jury selection was completed. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. russia s invasion of ukraine and kyiv s defiant response will have a long term impact on geopolitics far beyond europe s eastern flank. the west insists putin must fail, but this century s rising power, china, offers mr putin friendship without limits. could the ukrainian invasion foreshadow an effort by beijing to eliminate the thorn in its side namely, taiwan? well, my guest is taipei representative to the eu, ming yen tsai. could what starts in ukraine end in taiwan? ming yen tsai in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here with you. it s pleasure to have you on the show. you, of course, sit there in brussels, you are the representative of taipei, as it s put, to the european union. ijust wo
to eliminate the thorn in its side namely, taiwan? well, my guest is taipei representative to the eu, ming yen tsai. could what starts in ukraine end in taiwan? ming yen tsai in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here with you. it s pleasure to have you on the show. you, of course, sit there in brussels, you are the representative of taipei, as it s put, to the european union. ijust wonder, from your position, what impact has russia s invasion of ukraine had on your homeland? yes, i think our global community is watching the situation in ukraine closely and we believe that impact of the ukraine situation will be far reaching and global reaching, so i think the first situation that we need to keep watching will be about the geopolitical phase, and europe may turn out with a new map, so this is a wake up call to our global community because it shows how easily authoritarian countries can use force to challenge liberal based order and international borders,
in parliament over the weekend. mr khan has been blamed for the country s crumbling economy. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. russia s invasion of ukraine and kyiv s defiant response will have a long term impact on geopolitics far beyond europe s eastern flank. the west insists putin must fail, but this century s rising power, china, offers mr putin friendship without limits. could the ukrainian invasion foreshadow an effort by beijing to eliminate the thorn in its side namely, taiwan? well, my guest is taipei representative to the eu, ming yen tsai. could what starts in ukraine end in taiwan? ming yen tsai in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here with you. it s pleasure to have you on the show. you, of course, sit there in brussels, you are the representative of taipei, as it s put, to the european union. ijust wonder, from your position, what impact has russia s invasion of ukraine had on your homeland? yes, i t
Number two, is what the economic impact will be of global sanctions against russia? if russia can conquer ukraine and achieve its political and military objective without paying too much price, then china may follow those steps. and if russia has to pay a lot for the invasion, then china has to think twice because this is a very important political year for china. council party will organise its 20th national congress, in which xi jinping is going to extend his tenure for another five years, maybe for the entire rest of his life, so i believe xi jinping will be very cautious to do the calculation before waging a war in the theatre of the taiwan strait against taiwan. yes, well, xijinping may well be cautious if he believes that taiwan can put up as fierce and effective resistance to the might of the chinese military as ukraine has already put up in the face of the might of the russian military,