China and Taiwan's circumstances differ from Russia and Ukraine (and from Venezuela), because Taiwan's people reject the claim that Taiwan is a sovereign part of China, and Taiwan itself poses no threat to Chinese security, whereas Venezuela harbored threats to the US.
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John BoltonEvidence Quote
“the circumstances are completely different. the the argument that the Chinese would make is that Taiwan is a sovereign part of China. The the people of Taiwan beg to disagree with that and uh uh and and so the circumstances there the Chinese do not have the approval of the legitimate government of Taiwan asking them to intervene.”
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