France's Macron made 'alarm bells go off' with Taiwan comments
French President Emmanuel Macron said that China's treatment of Taiwan is a separate issue from the Russia-Ukraine war. This stance is in line with China's, and President Xi Jinping is likely "pretty happy" about it.
CNBC's Ted Kemp reported that French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Wednesday, "tensions between China-Taiwan are a separate issue" from war between Russia and Ukraine. Kemp says that President Xi will be pleased that Macron believes that tensions between China and Taiwan are a "separate issue" from the war in Russia and Ukraine. He said that the fact that Macron made this distinction was likely to please Beijing. Beijing has been trying hard to isolate Taiwan diplomatically, and prevent other nations from viewing it separately.