# Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd calls 2028 an ‘especially dangerous year’ for Taiwan Strait

https://mins.news/en/video/84436

- VOA Chinese, 2026-10-03 03:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOVpGz5Lk2c

> Kevin Rudd, the Asia Society CEO and former Australian prime minister, said at a Brookings Institution event on October 2 that 2028 could be an “especially dangerous year” for the Taiwan Strait. He identified Taiwan’s presidential election in January that year as a potential trigger and said deterrence was the best response, while urging consideration of alternatives if it failed.

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