Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Philippines are all concerned that China is going to make moves. China now knows that there would be consequences of fundamental existential impact.
I would NOT be surprised if the demonstration to China... might be a dry erase wipeout of their partner/proxies in Iran... and Iranian proxies... like the Houthi’s
Was it China who enabled the hit on Abey in Japan in the last 24-36 months?
I like the way you think.