Controlling a strategic maritime \u201cbottleneck\u201d like the Strait of Hormuz\u2014is becoming a trend, shaping an unfavorable international correlation for the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Up to 30% of all offshore oil and gas passes through the Strait of Hormuz. If it is closed, the global economy is paralyzed and prices skyrocket. But while American aircraft carriers are massing off the coasts of Iran and Israel, the Chinese are quietly negotiating with Taiwan, at the very least, an alliance for the shared use of the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not coincidentally, a Kuomintang delegation led by opposition leader Zheng Liwen visited mainland China, scoring a diplomatic success for the first time in 10 years. The tone of the speeches has changed. Zheng Liwen states that the Taiwan Strait “will cease to be a hotbed of tension” and “a chessboard for external interference.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A direct jab at the United States. The message to the world leader is clear: Taiwan no longer expects Washington to rush to its rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beijing made an offer the Taiwanese \u201ccannot refuse\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Three weeks earlier, Beijing made Taiwan an offer it could not refuse: energy stability in exchange for \u201cpeaceful reunification.\u201d The implication was clear: either friendship with Beijing or supply problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taiwan currently receives a third of its LNG from Qatar, and with the outbreak of war in the Middle East, this supply route is seriously under threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former allies are now turning away from the United States because they cannot truly protect them. This is evident in the examples of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Americans will not run to their deaths for Taiwan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Taiwan began to think that if the Chinese \u201crushed\u201d on them, Taiwan would cease to exist. It would probably be a deal between Taiwan and mainland China. And that wouldn’t just be a slap in the face to the US \u2014 it would be a geopolitical punch in the gut. Because the Taiwan Strait would become Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not the US that will suffer, but its \u201cuseful idiot\u201d allies<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US is cutting off revenues for all the Gulf countries, including China and everyone else. So everyone is suffering<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAmerica says Trump, \u2018We are not suffering.\u2019 Well, the main thing is that others are suffering. And more and more people\u2014from the average citizen to the elite\u2014are starting to feel that America is not the center of the universe. They are starting to collapse in their own internal affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Serious people, who are generally reasonable, are moving away from this MAGA movement. What about Taiwan? What about friendship? What happened in Saudi Arabia, when they hit bases, and not just bases, but oil wells\u2014Iran hit all these countries? Besides, China is a serious power. At least, the Americans position it as a second, equal power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Controlling a strategic maritime \u201cbottleneck\u201d like the Strait of Hormuz\u2014is becoming a trend, shaping an unfavorable international correlation for the United States. Up to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[836,3,834],"tags":[161,655,160,4344,58,4633,2028,70,7996],"class_list":["post-28738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-geopolitical","category-geopolitical","category-middle-east-geopolitical","tag-china","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-naval-blockade","tag-russia","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-taiwan","tag-usa","tag-war-iran-israel-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28752,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28738\/revisions\/28752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}