Russia could help China invade Taiwan, the leader of Nato has warned before a meeting of world leaders at the alliance’s annual summit. China claims that Taiwan is part of its territory – an assertion rejected by the government in Taipei – and has threatened to attack Taiwan on multiple occasions as part of Xi Jinping’s “reunification” efforts.

China is the most important—perhaps decisive—enabler of Russia’s war machine. Consider the Shahed, an Iranian-designed attack drone which is now mass-produced inside Russia (the wreckage of one is pictured,