Wang Dan, a Chinese dissident who was one of the student leaders during the Tiananmen protests and is now resident in Taiwan, wrote an Op-Ed in the Apple Daily on April 14, where he said that "Today a new “Axis Power” alliance is gradually taking shape" with China and Russia at its core and Iran, North Korea as other members. He added that "China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea – all four of which have nuclear weapons capabilities – along with other potential member states such as Burma, Venezuela, Cuba, and Pakistan, make this new Axis Power Alliance strong enough to challenge the Western alliance led by the United States. It is not yet possible to judge whether World War III will break out, but a pattern of military confrontation that could lead to a new world war is taking shape, and that is alarming enough".
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