China steps up ‘grey zone’ tactics to isolate Taiwan and punish its allies

“Japan set a good example by calling out the myth peddled by the PRC [People’s Republic of China] that the Taiwan question is purely an internal matter,” said Philip Shetler-Jones, senior research fellow for Indo-Pacific security at the Royal United Services Institute in London. “We can see from the Hormuz crisis that conflict in the world’s busiest sea lanes is everyone’s concern,” he added.