Hormuz 2.0: China’s coming chokepoint strategy in the Taiwan Strait
The United States and Israel did not lose to Iran on the battlefield. American and Israeli strikes damaged key facilities and removed senior operatives. Yet the April 2026 ceasefire and the subsequent memorandum of understanding left Tehran’s regime, its nuclear program, and its missile arsenal intact while unlocking nearly $344 billion in reconstruction funds, access to frozen assets, and sanctions relief.
- ▪The United States and Israel did not lose to Iran on the battlefield.
- ▪American and Israeli strikes damaged key facilities and removed senior operatives.
- ▪Yet the April 2026 ceasefire and the subsequent memorandum of understanding left Tehran’s regime, its nuclear program, and its missile arsenal intact while unlocking nearly $344 billion in reconstruction funds, access to frozen assets, and
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The United States and Israel did not lose to Iran on the battlefield. American and Israeli strikes damaged key facilities and removed senior operatives. Yet the April 2026 ceasefire and the subsequent memorandum of understanding left Tehran’s regime, its nuclear program, and its missile arsenal intact while unlocking nearly $344 billion in reconstruction funds, access to frozen assets, and sanctions relief. Iran turned the Strait of Hormuz into a weapon and converted endurance into leverage. The mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps showed that a weaker power can prevail by exhausting a stronger adversary’s political will rather than destroying its forces.Beijing watched and learned. Now, China does not require an amphibious invasion of Taiwan to achieve its objectives.
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