China’s armed forces are capable of blockading Taiwan, a senior U.S. Navy official said
‘If they want to bully and put ships around Taiwan, they very much can do that,’ said Vice Adm. Karl Thomas
WSJ’s Shelby Holliday takes a look at how a war over Taiwan could wreak havoc on the island nation, rattle major powers in the Pacific and devastate the global economy. Illustration: David Fang, pointing to the size of the country’s navy, which is the world’s largest and growing at a rapid pace. “They have a very large navy, and if they want to bully and put ships around Taiwan, they very much can do that,” Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
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