On Firstpost, Bill Drexel discusses whether United States military operations in Venezuela and Iran could embolden China in its approach toward Taiwan. He also examines US arms sales to Taiwan, a longstanding source of tension in US-China relations that Beijing strongly opposes.
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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22, 2025. (Getty Images)