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NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - China Tightens Grip Around Taiwan as Beijing Watches Lessons From Iran War

Chinese military aircraft and naval vessels conduct operations near Taiwan as tensions rise across the Taiwan Strait. Beijing is increasingly focused on blockade scenarios and studying lessons from modern warfare, including the ongoing conflict involving [...]

STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - US Navy surveillance aircraft completes rare flight over Taiwan Strait | Stars and Stripes

A U.S. Navy surveillance plane has flown through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in five months.

NPR (The Associated Press) - Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill

The drills come amid rising tensions with China, which frequently sends military planes and ships towards Taiwan.

AI:Taiwan has implemented a defensive maneuver by temporarily throttling mobile internet speeds to text-only levels as part of an active military drill. This move is intended to bolster communications security and prepare for potential disruptions amidst escalating hostilities from the Chinese Communist Party, which continues its pattern of aggressive military incursions near the island.Open

AMERICANGREATNESS (James E. Fanell) - It Is Everyone’s Strait: Whether the Strait of Hormuz or the Taiwan Strait

Due to the Iranian regime’s institution of a “toll booth” in the Strait of Hormuz, international commercial tanker and cargo traffic dropped from its prewar […] Source

STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - Chinese carrier passes through Taiwan Strait amid multiple regional exercises | Stars and Stripes

China’s newest aircraft carrier steamed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since December.

NPR (The Associated Press) - Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction

The drill on Wednesday marked the first time the U.S.-supplied HIMARS system has been fired into the Taiwan Strait.

STRIPES - Trump’s China trip: More caution than consensus | Stars and Stripes

Perennial tensions between Beijing and Taipei have been growing. China is engaging in ominous military maneuvers near and around the island.

JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Taiwan president says U.S. arms purchases are ‘most important deterrent’

“We thank President Trump for his continued support for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait since his first term, including the continuous increase in the scale and amount of arms sales to Taiwan,” Lai said.