Anybody Notice What’s Going On in Taiwan?

April 12, 2023

by Monica Showalter American Thinker

Call it the under-reported story of the year.

But if you’re in Taiwan, you’d be mighty nervous, given that the Chinese navy is surrounding your entire island — just as a military exercise, of course.

According to the Washington Post:

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s newest aircraft carrier has for the first time practiced attacking Taiwan from the island’s east coast, demonstrating Beijing’s growing determination to project power beyond the Taiwan Strait and far into the Pacific Ocean, an area traditionally dominated by the United States and its regional allies.

Chinese saber-rattling in the Taiwan Strait, which is just 80 miles wide at its narrowest point, has become commonplace as the Communist Party under Xi Jinping becomes increasingly vehement about its intent to take control of the self-governed democracy.