China Conducts Second Taiwan Strait Combat Patrol in One Week
🇹🇼 TAIWAN STRAIT — Beijing patrols twice in a week while Washington is pinned on Iran. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Washington just froze $14B in Taiwan arms to ease friction with Beijing over Iran. China's second patrol in seven days tests whether that reads as weakness. Taipei's scramble is defensive reflex — but each patrol normalizes the cadence. If Beijing keeps pressure up, Washington faces the two-theater bind it's been trying to avoid.
