
Beijing’s “massive” military build-up increases the threat of conflict across the Taiwan Strait in a way that could draw Russia and thus European forces into the fray, Nato’s secretary general warned on Monday.Speaking to reporters ahead of this week’s Nato summit in The Hague, Mark Rutte also said Nato enjoyed a close relationship with its Indo-Pacific partners – namely Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand – as it ramped up the member states’ defence industrial base.On the question...