Former Canadian PM Harper Says Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Would Create ‘Catastrophe’ for World

Former Canadian PM Harper Says Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Would Create ‘Catastrophe’ for World
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the West must dissuade China from launching an invasion of Taiwan, warning that such a war would “dwarf” the current conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

“If China were to take Taiwan, or there were to be a war across the Taiwanese Strait, I mean, that would be a geopolitical problem that would dwarf—it would absolutely dwarf anything we’re seeing in the Middle East or in Ukraine,” Harper told audience members at a Canada-U.S. relations conference in Saskatoon on July 28.