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How Helping Ukraine Deters Beijing: Inside the Politics of Political Signaling - William Spaniel
Although rarely ever at the forefront, part of the West's motivation to assist Ukraine is to deter the People's Republic of China from invading Taiwan. This video explores the logic of how this is happening. We begin with the direct and indirect military effects before transitioning to the political signals that aid to Ukraine sends. As a final note, we explore some data from an experiment on what would deter Chinese citizens from wanting to unify Taiwan militarily.
0:00 Help Ukraine, Deter China?
2:18 Indirect Benefits of Ukrainian Aid to Taiwan
7:48 Direct Benefits of the the Aid Bill to Taiwan
10:10 Political-Military Signals to China
11:55 Economic Signals
13:28 What Are the PRC's Beliefs?
16:01 Experiment on Public Opinion in China