Ukraine War a Warning to Prepare for China Conflict

The U.S. has been supplying Ukraine weapons in its defensive war for a solid year now. At the same time, China’s threat to the U.S. is, for the average American, certainly in its sharpest focus yet. A threat that seemed more abstract and far away was made all too real recently, with China’s brazen overflight of its spy balloon in our airspace. Following that, there was scorn from Chinese Communist Party officials when Biden officials tried to smooth over the incident diplomatically.

Navy Admiral Charles Richard ominously warned last year that Russia’s war in Europe was a “warm-up” — for a bigger conflict coming with the CCP. Alarm over the Chinese threat has led some to conclude, one year into Ukraine’s struggle, that continued support of Ukraine against Russia is an unaffordable distraction from China.

About the Author

Rebeccah Heinrichs

Rebeccah Heinrichs is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the director of Hudson’s Keystone Defense Initiative.

Featured Tags

The U.S. has been supplying Ukraine weapons in its defensive war for a solid year now. At the same time, China’s threat to the U.S. is, for the average American, certainly in its sharpest focus yet. A threat that seemed more abstract and far away was made all too real recently, with China’s brazen overflight of its spy balloon in our airspace. Following that, there was scorn from Chinese Communist Party officials when Biden officials tried to smooth over the incident diplomatically.

Navy Admiral Charles Richard ominously warned last year that Russia’s war in Europe was a “warm-up” — for a bigger conflict coming with the CCP. Alarm over the Chinese threat has led some to conclude, one year into Ukraine’s struggle, that continued support of Ukraine against Russia is an unaffordable distraction from China.