China Blocks Pentagon Visit Over $14B Taiwan Arms Package, FT Reports
🛡️ BEIJING — Beijing cuts the mil-mil line it needs most — over Taiwan, not Tehran. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Blocking Colby removes Washington's main escalation management channel. With Hormuz stalled and Russia at peak nuclear readiness, suspended mil-mil contact raises miscalculation risk at the worst moment. Beijing won't subordinate Taiwan leverage to Iran diplomacy — every stalled conversation is one fewer brake on a wider war.
