Will Xi strike Taiwan while the world is distracted?

Will Xi strike Taiwan while the world is distracted?

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As the Iran–Israel conflict escalates and U.S. forces rush into the Middle East, fears are rising that a third global flashpoint is quietly emerging in the Pacific. With America’s attention and resources stretched thin, some warn that China may seize the opportunity to strike Taiwan—and that Xi Jinping might be behind it. The current chaos in the Middle East may give him the cover he needs to reassert power through conflict. But will his rivals—especially Zhang Youxia, the man believed to have sidelined him—allow it? Can Zhang still control the PLA? Or will Xi’s loyalists push ahead while the world is distracted?

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