Alec Hogg: China eyes Taiwan after Afghan debacle

The world has become a much more dangerous place after US president Joe Biden's Afghanistan debacle. The tweet above by the editor of China's State-owned Global Times (he has 443,800 followers) reflects the antagonistic mood in Beijing, which has always regarded democratic Taiwan as a rogue offshoot of the communist centre.

While Afghanistan – and Taiwan – are far away from SA, the interconnectivity of the modern world means the flapping a Black Hawk's rotor in Kabul could translate into a hurricane in Johannesburg. Our US partners at The Wall Street Journal help us get better acquainted with the implications through some excellent articles this morning.

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