US Intelligence Officials See China, Russia Militaries Working Closer on Taiwan – Bloomberg
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Photographer: Pavel Byrkin/AFP/Getty Images
US intelligence officials assess that Russia and China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries fight in coordination.
“We see China and Russia, for the first time, exercising together in relation to Taiwan and recognizing that this is a place where China definitely wants Russia to be working with them, and we see no reason why they wouldn’t,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Thursday in testimony to Congress.
