China Deploys 21 Aircraft and 10 Warships Around Taiwan Amid US Gulf Commitment

🛡️ TAIWAN — Beijing picks Hormuz's peak chaos to remind Washington it has two fronts. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With US carriers in active naval combat in the Gulf, 21 PLA aircraft and 10 warships circling Taiwan is a scheduling decision, not a coincidence. Beijing is stress-testing whether Washington can deter on two oceans simultaneously. Every asset committed to CENTCOM is absent from the Pacific. Tokyo, Seoul, and NATO planners are reading the same map.