Russia Plans New World Order With China; Poll Reveals Growing Fears for Taiwan Invasion After West Fails To Deter Moscow

Russia and China seek to establish a new world order, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

For the first time since Vladimir Putin authorized the invasion of Ukraine in late February, Lavrov is traveling to China to meet with his colleague, Wang Yi. In a video posted by the Russian foreign ministry, Lavrov claimed Moscow and Beijing were paving the path for a multipolar, fair, democratic international order, according to the Kremlin. Both foreign ministers then lambasted Western sanctions imposed on Moscow in the aftermath of the invasion.

Poll Reveals People Fear China May Soon Invade Taiwan

On Wednesday, Lavrov arrived in Huangshan, a city in eastern China. As the country's humanitarian catastrophe worsens, Russia's foreign minister will attend regional discussions on Afghanistan. China has declined to criticize Russia's invasion of Ukraine directly. According to a political analyst, this is a sign of Beijing strengthening its influence in the region following the US pullout from Afghanistan.

This comes as the United Nations reports that over four million Ukrainians have fled the nation to avoid Russia's pointless conflict. Since February 24, 4,019,287 individuals have crossed the border from Ukraine to neighboring countries, according to UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency. Over 2.3 million of these people traveled to Poland, according to Express.

According to fresh survey data released this week, roughly 4 in 10 individuals in Taiwan feel a Chinese invasion is likely due to present tensions. After a quarter of respondents felt similarly in another poll done the week before Russia invaded Ukraine, the findings of Monday's poll by Taiwanese news site Formosa showed a surge in fear of more than ten percent.

When NATO announced it had no intentions to send soldiers into Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was almost certain to avoid a direct military confrontation. The West's inability to prevent Russia from invading its neighbor resulted in the threat of sanctions, whose deterrent efficacy has been questioned by President Joe Biden himself.

According to Formosa's survey, which polled 1,082 persons over the voting age of 20 between March 23 and 24, 37.4 percent of the Taiwanese population now believes China may act militarily to seize the island a month after hostilities in Ukraine began.

While 55 percent still feel a battle across the Taiwan Strait is improbable in the current situation, this was a significant rise accompanied by a drop in confidence in prospective US military assistance. Most of them believe Taiwan, like Ukraine, will have to fight alone, Newsweek via MSN reported.

US Admits Failing To Deter Russia's Ukraine Invasion

On Wednesday, the commander of US forces in Europe said that Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine demonstrated the failure of the Biden administration's efforts to 'deter and discourage' the Russian leader.

President Joe Biden worked with partners in the run-up to the invasion to increase sanctions on Russia and place troops to reinforce NATO's eastern flank. Last week, Biden maintained it wasn't part of a deterrent campaign; but when his commander in Europe Gen. Tod Wolters testified before members of Congress, he gave a different view when Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher questioned the approach.

Given the way Russian tanks poured into Ukraine 35 days ago, the answer may appear simple. The Biden administration, on the other hand, claims that its policy did not fail since the sanctions were never intended to be a form of deterrence.

Before the invasion, some authorities expressed dissent. In an interview, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the initial goal of the sanctions is to prevent Russia from going to war, as per Daily Mail.