China will call Taiwan Putin before attack

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Lerato Khumalo

NATO boss warns of China

Rutte: “Putin is then asked to become active in Europe”

07.07.2025 – 6:30 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “We know what ambitions China has.” (Source: Christian Mang)

During his visit to Berlin, the NATO Secretary General urgently warns against China. In an attack on Taiwan, Europe would also be directly affected, says Mark Rutte.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that China and Russia would act together in a possible war. The assumption in the western alliance is “that XI Jinping, the Chinese President and Secretary General of the Communist Party, will first call Moscow before an attack on Taiwan,” said the junior partner, “said Rutte on Wednesday in Berlin after a meeting with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “Vladimir Putin is then asked to become active in Europe in certain parts,” he added.

You can see that China is massively expanding its armed forces. In the meantime, the country has more warships than the USA and 1,000 nuclear explosive heads. “We know what ambitions China has. It is about getting control over Taiwan somehow,” he said, alluding to threats Xis towards Taiwan, Beijing as an open island, but not as an independent democratic country.

You also have to see the connection to North Korea and Iran. “It’s all networked,” he said. Rutte had warned a few days ago before a Third World War in which China could act together with Russia.

It is therefore a good thing that Germany wanted to double its defense spending by 2029 to around 150 billion euros, emphasized NATO general secretary. “We will expand the Bundeswehr into an army that has a flagship character in the alliance,” emphasized the Chancellor. “A large scale will create new equipment and we will pay particular attention to new technologies,” he added.