{"id":1871319,"date":"2023-03-08T03:13:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T08:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-war-in-ukraine-stokes-fears-that-chinas-xi-will-build-empire-of-his-own\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T03:14:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T08:14:39","slug":"putins-war-in-ukraine-stokes-fears-that-chinas-xi-will-build-empire-of-his-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-war-in-ukraine-stokes-fears-that-chinas-xi-will-build-empire-of-his-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin&#8217;s war in Ukraine stokes fears that China&#8217;s Xi will build empire of his own"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputins-war-in-ukraine-stokes-fears-that-chinas-xi-will-build-empire-of-his-own%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1871319&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78159546\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Video captures moment four US citizens in Mexico were kidnapped at gunpoint\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A newly released video captured the moment that four American citizens were kidnapped at gunpoint immediately after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and dragged through the street into a pickup truck by men in bulletproof vests. 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The van drove across the international bridge from Brownsville, Texas, into Matamoros, Mexico, and passed through Mexican customs ports of entry inspection lanes before the sudden attack on Friday.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M24S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-06 20:52:10\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1255025_th_1678136299.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1255025.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_78159546\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1255025\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chinese General Secretary <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\">Xi Jinping<\/a>Its extensive sovereignty claims in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-china-sea\">South China Sea<\/a> It is clear that he believes in The &#8220;illusion of building an empire&#8221; Through the Philippines and all across the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/china-derides-us-plan-for-indo-pacific-investment\">Indo-Pacific<\/a>, a key U.S.-allied government fears.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t just sit by and say just, \u2018Go ahead and take whatever you want,&#8217; and before we know it, tomorrow, we may not even have the Luzon island,&#8221; According to a Philippine official, the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. &#8220;I mean, this is something \u2014 this is [the] realities that we face right now. And, right now, our interests are aligned with the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/scholz-consequences-if-china-sends-arms-to-russia\">SCHOLZ: &#8216;CONSEQUENCES&#8217; IF CHINA SENDS ARMS TO RUSSIA<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>For such a nightmarish prospect \u2014 the loss of the country&#8217;s largest island, home to the nation&#8217;s capital, Manila \u2014 to become imaginable, however unlikely it seems, reflects more than just frustration with Chinese Coast Guard aggression in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philippines\">Philippines<\/a>It is the only economic zone. This also points out the deeper fear sparked in Russia by President Putin <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>The invasion is complete <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>It was a conflict which has caused allies of the U.S. in Europe and Indo-Pacific to question their understanding of international affairs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you have personalities that lead a country now that have that illusion of building an empire \u2014 now, we don&#8217;t know if President Xi [does], but it seems like he&#8217;s going in that direction,&#8221; The official from the Philippines said that Xi and Putin could play the same roles as Nazi Germany or imperial Japan in the Second World War. &#8220;He&#8217;s saying he&#8217;s going after Taiwan, he wants the unification of China, but who knows? The Japanese don&#8217;t think so. We&#8217;re beginning to think that there&#8217;s a grander design to take over the entire Indo-Pacific region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"444\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"444\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"373\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"373\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"613\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"613\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> FILE-This photo, provided by the Philippine Coast Guard is a green-colored military-grade laser from the Chinese Coast Guard Ship in South China Sea. It was taken on February 6, 2023. Philippine&#8217;s President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed Saturday, February 18, 2023 that his use of a military grade laser by China&#8217;s coast guard that temporarily blinded some personnel aboard a Philippine patrol boat in the disputed South China Sea did not suffice for him to invoke a Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States. He also stated that he has spoken out against any aggression towards China. File, Philippine Coast Guard via AP                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to senior Indo-Pacific and European officials, such a scenario would seem more plausible if Russia is viewed as victor in the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For all those that are doubting whether the U.S. is a trusted ally, this would be a strong sign for them that they are right,&#8221; The Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel jablonski spoke to the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. &#8220;If this will be some form of demonstrating that the U.S. is not strong enough to achieve the goals of defeating Russia and bringing permanent peace to Europe, not just a ceasefire for several months, this would further encourage such voices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These assessments highlight the diplomatic context that is needed to foster ties between Europe and the Indo-Pacific wings of U.S. alliance. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/japan-military-counter-attack-china\">described<\/a> &#8220;a strong sense of urgency that Ukraine today, maybe East Asia tomorrow.&#8221; He was among four heads-of-state from the Indo-Pacific region to attend. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\">NATO<\/a> Summit in Madrid, Spain last year with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol as well as leaders from Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is at stake in Ukraine is really much more significant than any other war that has taken place in the recent past because this is clearly a test of where countries have their boundaries,&#8221; The official from the Philippines said so. &#8220;And once they start moving into the <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/putin-war-xi-empire\">Putin&#8217;s war in Ukraine stokes fears that China&#8217;s Xi will build empire of his own<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese General Secretary Xi JinpingIts extensive sovereignty claims in the South China Sea It is clear that he believes in The &#8220;illusion of building an empire&#8221; Through the Philippines and all across the Indo-Pacific, a key U.S.-allied government fears. &#8220;We can&#8217;t just sit by and say just, \u2018Go ahead and take whatever you want,&#8217; and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7494,5372,5909,4567,9594,20913,6991,6696],"class_list":["post-1871319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-empire","tag-build","tag-chinas","tag-fears","tag-putins","tag-stokes","tag-ukraine","tag-war"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}