China is gaining combat experience from the Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as technologies to enhance its own military capabilities for a potential future war with Taiwan. This was reported by UNN citing The Economist.
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As the publication notes, the assistance China provides to Russia in the war in Ukraine has long been a cause for concern among Western countries.
The export of supposedly civilian components, such as engines and electronics, ultimately ends up being used in drones and other types of weapons that kill Ukrainian military personnel and civilians, contributing to Russia's war of attrition. However, recently it is the other side of this trade that has been causing alarm in Western capitals. It appears that China is receiving training, intelligence data, and advanced military technologies from Russia. This could give China an advantage in a future war for Taiwan, shifting the balance of power to the opposite extreme of Eurasia
To conquer Taiwan, China needs access to the latest combat knowledge and data to compensate for its lack of combat experience.
Russia is unlikely to directly intervene in a war for Taiwan, just as China has not intervened in the conflict in Ukraine. Their defense ties are far from reaching the level of a mutual defense treaty. However, joint exercises and patrols give China a rare opportunity to learn from the experience of battle-hardened Russian troops. Moreover, China can now ask Russia for things that Russia cannot ask China for