China Warns US Bases in Japan, South Korea Are Targets Over Taiwan

🐉 BEIJING — Beijing names allied bases as targets while Washington is pinned in the Gulf. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Dong Jun's threat links Taiwan and US forward basing explicitly — if CENTCOM is already stretched, this is Beijing stress-testing the seam. Japan and South Korea host the logistics spine for any Pacific response. Naming them as legitimate targets is deterrence theater, but it forces Tokyo and Seoul to recalculate exposure at the worst possible moment for US credibility.