Commentary
Communist China’s violations of Taiwanese airspace and sea space are a physical indication Beijing targets Taiwan as the world’s next Ukraine.
At the tactical level—the level where a shooter seeks a target—Beijing’s sorties probe Taiwan’s frontline air and sea defenses, seeking weaknesses and assessing reaction time.
At the strategic level—the Big Picture, which includes diplomacy and economics—the in-and-out feints of Beijing jets and fast attack warships test Taiwan’s allies. The feints ask this question: Do Taiwan’s alleged allies have the will to help the island resist a mainland Chinese assault?…