US-CHINA TENSIONS/FRICTION/STRAINS SURGE AMIDST TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS/DISPUTE/CONFLICT

The US and China continue to clash/compete/friction over the status of Taiwan, with recent developments raising/heightening/amplifying concerns about a potential military confrontation/escalation/crisis. Beijing has conducted extensive/frequent/numerous military exercises near Taiwan, while Washington has pledged/reiterated/confirmed its commitment

we'd like that more forceful reaction. we must allow it to be clear to Iran that if an American ship is hit, the U.S. retaliation will hit Iran, not its expendable proxies. simultaneously, Taiwan seems all the more more likely to arise as a 3rd sphere of conflict in the next several years — or perhaps even sooner. But conservative Republicans h