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China's Next 'Gray Zone' Target: Island Chain Key to Taiwan Defense
Original: China's Next 'Gray Zone' Target: An Island Chain Critical to U.S. Defense of Taiwan https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china
A Wall Street Journal report argues China is turning its pressure tactics toward an island chain considered critical to U.S. defense planning for Taiwan. The piece suggests Beijing could apply 'gray zone' methods — coercive steps below the threshold of open conflict — to contest these islands, which anchor American strategy in the western Pacific and any response to a Chinese move against Taiwan.
Why now: Rising U.S.-China tensions over Taiwan are keeping analysis of Beijing's next coercive moves in focus.
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- China's Next 'Gray Zone' Target: An Island Chain Critical to U.S. Defense of Taiwan https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/chinas-next-gray-zone-target-an-island-chain-critical-to-u-s-defense-of-taiwan-f4233818?mod=rss_worldnews # WorldNews # Geopolitics # Asia · wsj_world@robot.villas · 3
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